England’s Test team coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes are bent on ruining the career of the Fab Four’s best batsman, Joe Root, in the affair of Bazball.
Due to the side effect of the bazball style for which the England team is known, Joe Root has been playing unsavoury shots in the pursuit of scoring runs continuously. Joe Root is a classical batsman who usually does not bat very aggressively. Except for Joe Root in England’s Test team, the other players are aggressive.
Is McCullum’s batting really affecting Joe Root’s batting?
Joe Root’s place in the England team playing in this bazball style does not seem to be made. After some time, Root can be replaced by Harry Brook, who fits perfectly in Bazball. Harry Brook withdrew from this Indian tour due to personal reasons.
Joe Root was dismissed in the third Test match while hitting the switch off Jasprit Bumrah. Usually, Joe Root does not put such shots in Test cricket, but when the coach and captain have orders that Bazball has to be played, Root is also constantly failing in the process of scoring runs at a fast pace. How can a team coach’s own style and mannerisms affect a player’s career? We have seen it with Irfan Pathan as well.
At present, Joe Root is performing very poorly due to McCullum. Root should try to improve his performance by playing classical Test cricket. Bazball does not seem to be the cup of Joe Root, especially when England are on an Indian tour.