'A guy called Rishabh Pant...': Rohit Sharma takes a dig at Ben Duckett over Yashasvi Jaiswal remark
ALSO READ: Dharamsala curator may prepare pitch for 5th Test after discussing with Indian team management "There was a guy called Rishabh Pant in our team, probably Ben Duckett hasn't seen him play," Hindustan Times quoted Rohit as saying during the press conference. Jaiswal emerged as India's top-scoring batter in the ongoing Test series against England, scoring 655 runs in 4 matches so far at an average of 94.57 and a strike rate of 78.63. Earlier, Duckett had suggested that the England team's 'Bazball' style of play should be given credit for encouraging the left-handed Indian opener to play in the way he has batted so far.
"When you see players from the opposition playing like that, it almost feels like we should take some credit that they're playing differently than how other people play Test cricket," Duckett had said. Not only Sharma, but even former England captain Nasser Hussain found Duckett's comment deplorable. "He's not learned from you.
He's learned from his upbringing, all the hard yards he had to put in growing up. If anything, lads, look at him and learn from him. I hope there's a little bit of self-introspection going on.
Otherwise, it becomes a cult - and, at times, Bazball and this regime has been described as such, where you cannot criticise within or externally," NDTV quoted Hussain as saying on Sky Sports. Rohit, during the press conference, admitted England have played better cricket than what the Joe Root-led side played the last time they toured here in 2021. However, he said that he was yet to figure out the true meaning of Bazball.
"I just don’t know what Bazball means. I haven’t seen wild swinging from anyone. England have played better cricket than they were here last time.
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