India vs England: We have Viratball to counter Bazball, says Sunil Gavaskar ahead of Test series

India vs England: We have Viratball to counter Bazball, says Sunil Gavaskar ahead of Test series

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India vs England: We have Viratball to counter Bazball, says Sunil Gavaskar ahead of Test series
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There have been discussions among cricketing experts if England’s famous Bazball approach would be effective against India in India, but Sunil Gavaskar the hosts are well prepared to counter that, with ‘Viratball’. The likes of Harbhajan Singh and Kevin Pietersen have said that Bazball approach may not work all the time in India, and Gavaskar wondered if that approach would work against the Indian spinners in India.

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“Yeah, conversion means having more hundreds than fifties. With Kohli, he has as a similar amount of hundreds and fifties, that means he has a good conversion rate. The way he’s been batting, his movement looks good. With the form that he’s in, we have Viratball to counter Bazball,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.

“England have adopted a new approach in Test cricket in the last 1-2 years. It’s an aggressive approach where batters look to attack. They just want to play attacking cricket no matter the situation. It’ll be interesting to see if this approach works against the spinners of India,” added the 74-year-old.

England have not won a Test series in India since 2012, when Alastair Cook and Co had come from behind to win the four-match series 2-1.

The first Test of the five-match series takes place in Hyderabad from 25 January.

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