Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shared his view on the “Bazball” approach of England in red-ball cricket. Ravichandran has been an important player for India in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy. India defeated the visitors in the first two Tests with ease to take an unassailable lead in the four-match series.

Ravichandran Ashwin stressed that you can’t bat like T20 in test cricket and said that we need to respect the conditions and play accordingly and shared his opinion on “Bazball” and said that attacking cricket has its advantage and disadvantage to it.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin said: “You can’t whack as you do in a T20. Secondly, we now have a concept called Bazball. England is playing fast-paced Test match cricket, They want to play a certain style of cricket.

“But in certain types of wickets, when you try and attack every ball, you will falter. There are both advantages and disadvantages to this approach. Sometimes, on the wicket, conditions need to be respected,” he added.

Ashwin continued that the conditions need to be respected otherwise any team would falter–and it is important to grind out harder to get a few runs Ashwin also recalled memories of ex-coach WV Raman, who was also a former coach of the Indian women’s team, used to tell him, how to respect the conditions.

“My ex-coach WV Raman used to tell me, “Hello, mister. Don’t challenge the conditions. Will you go to a beach and start swimming as you do in a swimming pool? You can’t, right? Ashwin added.

Ashwin, who was recently part of Dindigul Dragons in TNPL Auction 2023 is likely to lead them in this edition. Before this assignment, Ashwin will be an important part of the remaining Border-Gavaskar Trophy and then Indian Premier League where he will play for Rajasthan Royals.

Ravichandran Ashwin Will Be Crucial For India In The Final Two Tests

India also retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Rohit Sharma-led side outplayed the visitors in all the departments to win the first two games. Ashwin was the top-wicket taker in the first match finishing with a figure of 8/79 including a five-wicket haul in Australia’s second innings and was also an important member of India’s victory.

Earlier in the series, The 36-year-old has also become the second fastest to achieve the feat of 450 Test wickets. The record is held by Test cricket’s highest wicket-taker of all time Muttiah Muralitharan. While it took Ravichandran Ashwin 89 Tests to claim his 450th Test wicket, the legendary Sri Lankan had done it in his 80th Test.