India's Ravichandran Ashwin bowls against West Indies. (AP) Indian spinner R Ashwin has said that players who want to live and die by the Bazball approach won’t be backed by selectors and fans of the national team because India’s cricketing culture doesn’t back bad results by players.
Ashwin spoke about why Bazball can work for the English cricket team but is not applicable in the Indian context.
“We are playing Test cricket very well. But we will go through a transition soon. And things won’t be easy during that phase. There will be a few issues here and there. But let’s assume India adopts Bazball during this phase. Let us assume a player throws his bat at everything like Harry Brook and gets out and we lose two Test matches. What will we do? Will we back Bazball and the players?,” asked Ashwin on his YouTube channel.
He then said, “We will drop at least four players from our playing XI. That’s how our culture has always been. We can’t copy others style of play just because it worked for them. It works for them because their management is fully in with this style of play, their selectors back the players to play this way. In fact, even their crowd and Test match watching public are backing the team in this process. But we can’t do this.”
Ashwin then spoke about the ICC 2023 ODI World Cup and said that the fans and crowds needed to support the Indian team positively during the tournament.
“Winning a World Cup is not easy guys. Just because we play a certain player or drop a certain player, we can’t win. All of us are hindsight kings. The hindsight operations don’t work here. We have qualified for the semi-final of almost all major tournaments. On that day we haven’t been good enough,” said Ashwin.
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