Ashwin shows no mercy, launches scathing attack on England's Bazball

Ravichandaran Ashwin critiques Bazball, questioning England's reckless batting in the first Ashes Test.

Ravichandaran Ashwin has delivered one of the sharpest critiques yet of Bazball, questioning not just England’s batting in Perth but the very limits of what modern teams are trying to pass off as acceptable risk. In a detailed breakdown on his YouTube channel, the Indian great went beyond the usual criticism and asked if recklessness has now become a lazy shield for poor decision-making.

Using England’s collapse in the first Ashes Test as the launchpad, Ashwin broadened the lens to include next-gen batters everywhere, including in India, who he feels are confusing bravado with discipline and calculation at the highest level.

He started with a stinging deconstruction of the “reckless”