"Don't Know What Bazball Means": Rohit Sharma's Blunt Answer As India Aim 4-1 Series Win vs England

06.03.2024 - 18:49 sports.ndtv.com

Ahead of the fifth and final Test of the five-match series against England in Dharamsala, India captain Rohit Sharma said he wasn't quite sure what "Bazball" meant.

The hosts will take on visitors in the fifth and final match in Dharamshala, starting from Thursday. England named their playing XI for the Test with one change to their line-up from the Ranchi Test match. "I honestly don't know what [Bazball] means, whether it is to go and strike, whether it is to go and defend and wait for the loose ball," Rohit said in the pre-match press conference.

While talking about the ball variations, Rohit said he is not sure what the term signifies as he hasn't witnessed anyone exhibit crazy swinging. "I have not seen any wild swinging from anyone, so I don't know exactly what this term means," he added. "But, yeah, clearly they have played better cricket from what they played the last time they were here.

And you got to give credit to two of their batters who got big hundreds there and played well. They applied their method to get some success and they got it.

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