Former England player Geoffrey Boycott launched a scathing criticism against England after the visitors suffered a 106-run loss against India in the second Test in Visakhapatnam.
He blamed England captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum for the loss that allowed India to level the series as he savaged the Bazball approach, calling it nonsensical.
India scripted a comeback in the second Test after losing in Hyderabad by 28 runs in the series opener. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record knock of 209, along with Shubman Gill‘s maiden ton in Test cricket batting at No. 3, helped India set a target of 399 runs. Zak Crawley put up a brave fight against India with his knock of 73 runs, but the bowlers kept chipping away with wickets at regular intervals. England were eventually folded for 292 runs in the second session on Day 4 in Vizag.
“Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes are besotted with attack, attack, attack. It’s as if they say ‘if we can’t win, we will go down in glorious failure instead.’