Former Cricketer in England, Kevin Pietersen, revealed why Bazball is not working in India, because they are now about to lose the T20i series in five in progress, after an embarrassing loss of the test team for Indian Cricket Year. last.
During a recent interaction with fans on the X, the former South African Africa beer was asked why Bazball is not working in India. Answer the fans' question, Pietersen revealed a major defect in the aggressive strategy of the head coach, Brendon McCrolum.
Kevin Pietersen explains why Bazball does not work in India
In particular, Bazball is an aggressive cricket style adopted by the national cricket team in England, since the former captain Brendon McCrolum has become the head coach. This new approach brought England impressive results in June 2022 test cricket.
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However, he failed to ship against India in the series of five -year matches, and is now fighting in the ongoing T20i series, where England has lost the first two matches against MEN in Blue. Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen said that the ultra-aggressive approach to England will always fail against quality spin bowling and therefore struggles to deliver here.
Kevin Pietersen responded to a user during the question and questions session on X: “Baseball is not constantly working against high quality spin! There is an art to play rotation in the subcontinent. “
Bazball does not work constantly against high quality spin! There is an art to play rotation in the subcontinent. https://t.co/gqnd3yddfn
– Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@kp24) January 26, 2025
In particular, England's batsmen fought against the Spin trio in India from Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi in the first T20i in Kolkata. Their battles against spin bowling continued in the second T20i, while they lost six wickedness to the spinners in Chennai.
Well, India and England both left for Rajkot, where the third T20i will be played (January 28). Also, they will play a three -matched ODI series before the future Champions 2025 trophy, which will take place in Pakistan, with India playing its matches in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Meanwhile, Pietersen was also asked about his current cricketter during a question and questions session on X. He named Harry Brook, the battle of England, as his current favorite player, but with a playful jab. . Harry Brook faced heavy critics from fans and cricket legends, after his bizarre comments following the seven Wicket of England compared to India in the first T20i in Kolkata.
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Brook had said he didn't face Ravi Bishnoi, but he praised Varun Chakravarthy. He also blamed Smog as a reason for the difficulty of seeing the ball at Eden Gardens and hoped to have a clearer air in Chennai for the second T20i they lost and with two wickers.
His observations have sparked a wave of trolling from fans and experts, and now the former battle of England has taken the most of the moment to pull Brook's foot on his social handle. Pietersen posted in X: “Harry Brook (without the smog comment).”
Harry Brook (no smog comment) 🤣 https://t.co/52xed5zo1g
– Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@kp24) January 26, 2025
Possible: Pietersen to take over a coach's role
Pietersen also suggested that he is ready to take over the role of coach. In particular, he represented England in 104 tests, 136 Odi and 37 T20is, gathering 8181 rounds, 4440 running and 1176 running respectively.
possibly …… .. https://t.co/gqwc3svhh
– Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@kp24) January 26, 2025