Sunil Gavaskar, a former batsman for India, has spoke out against the idea that their batting strategy in Test matches is just another form of “Bazball.” The former batsman recommended renaming India’s attacking style when using the bat.
It is noteworthy that in the just finished two-game Test series against Bangladesh, team India performed admirably. India decided to take an attacking batting strategy on day 4 of the rain-shortened second Test in Kanpur, scoring runs fast to secure a victory.
After observing the side’s performance, Sunil Gavaskar suggested that the term “Gohit” approach be used to describe this kind of strategy.
“I would propose calling it the “Gohit” strategy and utilizing the skipper’s first name, Rohit, in place of the terms this-ball or that-ball. In his Sportstar column, Gavaskar stated, “Hopefully, smarter people will come up with a trendier name for this instead of the lazy choice of dubbing it after “Bazball.”
“Some old powers called the Indian batting style ‘Gamball’ after the Indian coach, Gautam Gambhir, while another paper called it ‘Bossball’ because the team’s captain, Rohit, had led by example,” he continued.
It was given this moniker since their coach goes by “Baz”: Sunil Gavaskar
Additionally, Gavaskar provided an explanation for the rationale behind England’s Test cricket style of play, which he dubbed “Bazball.” He disclosed that Brendon McCullum, the team’s head coach, goes by the moniker Baz and played an attacking style of cricket in Test cricket.
“This-ball and that-ball was the moniker given to the Indian batting strategy subsequent to the England team’s batting mindset being referred to as “Bazball.”
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It was named after their coach, Brendon McCullum of New Zealand, who batted just like his side is doing, throwing caution to the wind in an effort to score runs, hence the nickname “Baz,” according to Gavaskar.
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