‘We will drop at least four players’: R Ashwin on why Bazball can’t work in India

Indian spinner R Ashwin has mentioned that gamers who wish to dwell and die by the Bazball method received’t be backed by selectors and followers of the nationwide crew as a result of India’s cricketing tradition doesn’t again unhealthy outcomes by gamers.

Ashwin spoke about why Bazball can work for the English cricket crew however will not be relevant within the Indian context.

“We are playing Test cricket very well. But we will go through a transition soon. And things won’t be easy during that phase. There will be a few issues here and there. But let’s assume India adopts Bazball during this phase. Let us assume a player throws his bat at everything like Harry Brook and gets out and we lose two Test matches. What will we do? Will we back Bazball and the players?,” requested Ashwin on his YouTube channel.

He then mentioned, “We will drop at least four players from our playing XI. That’s how our culture has always been. We can’t copy others style of play just because it worked for them. It works for them because their management is fully in with this style of play, their selectors back the players to play this way. In fact, even their crowd and Test match watching public are backing the team in this process. But we can’t do this.”

Ashwin then spoke in regards to the ICC 2023 ODI World Cup and mentioned that the followers and crowds wanted to help the Indian crew positively in the course of the event.

“Winning a World Cup is not easy guys. Just because we play a certain player or drop a certain player, we can’t win. All of us are hindsight kings. The hindsight operations don’t work here. We have qualified for the semi-final of almost all major tournaments. On that day we haven’t been good enough,” mentioned Ashwin.