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“Bazball, Batti Gull”: Ex-India Star’s Dig At Ben Stokes And Co. As England Lose Test Series 4-1

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Former India opener Virender Sehwag took a dig at the England cricket team and its ‘Bazball’ approach in Test cricket after Ben Stokes and Co. lost to India in Dharamsala. Ravichandran Ashwin took a five-wicket haul in his landmark 100th Test as the hosts hammered England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth game on Saturday. With the win, India sealed the series 4-1. England’s James Anderson reached 700 Test wickets early in the day to be just the third bowler to achieve the feat, but the visitors were never in the game. “Bazball, Batti Gull. There needs to be a method to madness. England simply didn’t have the game to match and looked clueless particularly after the second Test match. The captain failing miserably only added to their woes and they simply looked like living in an illusion. For this method to succeed, there needs to be a method to madness, which England severely lacked,” wrote Sehwag on X, formerly Twitter. Bazball , Batti Gull.There needs to be a method to madness. …

“Looks Like An Absolute Belter”: Ben Stokes On Dharamsala Pitch Ahead Of 5th Test

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England captain Ben Stokes called the Dharamsala pitch an absolute belter and that is the main reason why he did not pick an extra pacer for the fifth and final Test against India starting on Thursday. Dharamsala is colder than usual for this time of the year keeping the pacers interested but considering no grass has been left on the surface, the England batters are licking their lips. Bringing in Mark Wood for Ollie Robinson was the only change England made to their playing eleven. “Before we even got here, we were probably thinking it was going to be a three seamer one spinner attack but then when we saw the wicket and then saw it again today, I think going with two seamers and two spinners is probably the right call,” said Stokes in a pre-match press conference. “We felt there would probably a bit more grass on the wicket just because of where we are but overall the wicket looks an absolute belter. So playing two seamers and still having Bash (Shoaib Bashir) …