AB de Villiers Compares Bazball With MS Dhoni`s Style Of Captaincy In IPL 2023 In The Ongoing Ashes.

The Ashes 2023 is currently underway, and it has been a thrilling spectacle with entertainment levels soaring. The first Test match between England and Australia has reached its final day, with England needing to defend 174 runs and take 7 wickets to secure victory in this iconic 5-match series being played on home soil.

Ben Stokes, the captain of the England team, has impressed cricket enthusiasts with his unique captaincy style, which has been dubbed as ‘Bazball.’ Stokes made a bold decision on Day 1 by declaring the innings at 393/3, a move that garnered some criticism from cricket pundits. However, Australia made a brilliant comeback, accumulating 386 runs on the scoreboard over the course of nearly two days of batting.

AB de Villiers, the renowned South African cricketer, took to social media to praise the ‘Bazball’ approach employed by coach Brendon McCullum’s side. De Villiers also drew comparisons between this approach and the captaincy style of MS Dhoni during the IPL 2023.

 AB de Villiers wrote “The best teams are prepared to adapt and play situations in a way that’ll ultimately put them in a winning position more often than the rest, whether that’s by making bold declarations or playing reverse sweeps a lot, whatever it takes. The only way to make it impactful is to have a complete buy in from every individual, no ego’s, no stats driven players, just a full on buy in to be the best team in the world. That’s how I see the Eng team play atm. Also saw that with MSD and co. in the IPL