Ahead of the fifth and ultimate Test of the five-match sequence towards England in Dharamsala, India captain Rohit Sharma mentioned he wasn’t fairly positive what “Bazball” meant. The hosts will tackle guests within the fifth and ultimate match in Dharamshala, ranging from Thursday. England named their enjoying 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 mentioned within the pre-match press convention.

While speaking concerning the ball variations, Rohit mentioned he isn’t positive what the time period signifies as he hasn’t witnessed anybody exhibit loopy 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. But other than that I don’t know what it means,” the India skipper mentioned.

Meanwhile, the Indian skipper gave a witty reply to England opener Ben Duckett‘s remark that Yashasvi Jaiswal began enjoying aggressively after getting influenced by Bazball.

Duckett’s remarks that England may take credit score for the way gamers from the opposition have been enjoying aggressive cricket [after Jaiswal’s hundred] shocked the Indian captain.

“There was a man referred to as Rishabh Pant in our group, most likely Ben Duckett hasn’t seen him play,” Rohit mentioned.

England have confronted three consecutive losses within the sequence, unable to capitalise on their early 1-0 benefit following a slender victory in Hyderabad. The guests had their probabilities, notably in Rajkot and Ranchi, however India got here again robust on each events to win.

The fifth and ultimate Test match will start on March 7 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala and conclude on March 11, 2024.

India and England nonetheless have World Test Championship factors to realize in Dharamsala, despite the fact that the sequence is set. India is on high of the World Test Championship standings whereas England is eighth on the factors desk.

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