India seem to have the blueprint to crack England’s Bazball code – it’s 22-yard long

"The two senior players who crossed the Bazball Lakshman Rekha are accountable for England's crushing defeat in the third Test. At the conclusion of the third Test, the contest between India's Jamball and England's Bazball, as R Ashwin dubbed a video on his YouTube account, reached a turning point. Coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma appeared to have arrived with a plan to break the 22-yard Bazball code, as India led 2-1 following the record-breaking 434-run victory. Rajkot demonstrated that a paata, a track that excels in the last two days of competition, is the ideal counterbalance to England's aggressive Bazball style of play. According to those in the know, the Indian squad decided to forgo the turners because they were taking a calculated risk on how they would perform against this England team, not because of any ethical issues. After the third Test, though, Rohit Sharma would refute having anything to do with the pitches: ""We arrive at the location two days prior to the game, and we play whatever the curator has prepared."" He delivered the line with such a remarkable straight face that it's obvious why his acting in commercials has greatly improved recently. But Ashwin had given the explanation. ""That is how it is meant to work, to profit in the event that a fourth-inning scenario arises and the wicket degrades.

They are playing high-risk cricket, and you would think that, as in Vizag, the luck of the draw would be on your side. additionally in Rajkot. The kind of surfaces India has been offering neutralize England's pacer Mark Wood, who can hit over 140 kph, lessen the impact of England's rookie spinners Tom Hartley and the adolescent Rehan Ahmed, and leave James Anderson with too much work. In the first Test in Hyderabad, the ball spun much earlier; in the second Test in Vizag, it started later; and in the third Test in Rajkot, it spun quite late. The story isn't told by Sarfaraz Khan's second-inning strikeouts or Yashasvi Jaiswal, but rather by the complete ease with which Kuldeep Yadav, the nightwatchman, batted on the the fourth morning. Making fun of Bazball's ego It also pokes fun at the conceit that permeates the Bazball cult, which England's batters are members of. Ashwin would respond, ""We played four and a half sessions; [if] they want to get it done in two, so be it."" The tracks enable England's batsmen to use their flamboyant style to good advantage. For example, it is much harder to imagine opener Ben Duckett's devastating slog-sweeps to the cow corner coming off when there is no chance of a top-edge on a turner where the ball bounces and breaks. It has given England's batters such confidence that they have overcome the Lakshman Rekha of self-destruction and reasonable aggression."