After losing the series against India, Geoffrey Boycott gave a blunt assessment of Bazball, saying, “I love it, but I love winning more.”

The latest person to cast doubt on the Ben Stokes-led team’s performance in Test cricket is former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.

Boycott praised the English cricket team for their exciting performance and complimented his side’s aggressive style of cricket. The former cricket player did, however, also say that he enjoys winning more.

“Bazball has given Test cricket a shot in the arm, and England deserves praise for that,” he wrote in his column for The Telegraph. I do adore it sometimes. However, I like winning more, and England has not been able to defeat the world’s two strongest teams—Australia and, as of late, India.”

Geoffrey Boycott is alluding to England’s tie with Australia in the Ashes early in the previous year. The Australian team, captained by Brendon McCullum, leveled the series 2-2 and kept the coveted trophy, although they were unable to win the Ashes while playing at home. Boycott said in his piece, “The batting cost them winning the Ashes.”

Geoffrey Boycott thought that Ben Stokes made a huge mistake when he chose to begin the bowling with two spinners, Tom Hartley and Joe Root, during the fourth Test between India and England. at the fourth Test match at Ranchi, the English bowling attack did manage to take five wickets against a score of 192, but it was clearly insufficient to prevent a loss.

England had a mere 192 to keep safe. Although I like Stokes’s leadership, I felt he erred greatly in starting the bowling attack with Tom Hartley and Joe Root as his first two spinners. At the close of the third day, India comfortably scored forty precious runs in twenty-five minutes. The fact that it gave their innings momentum is also significant. Making runs difficult to come by was essential, according to Geoffrey Boycott.

Geoffrey Boycott believed that James Anderson, an excellent pacer who does not often allow many runs to be scored, should have been the first bowler used by the England captain to start the second innings. The hosts’ salvation came from Shubman Gill and Team India captain Rohit Sharma, who both made a half-century in the second innings of the fourth Test.

Dhruv Jurel, a young wicketkeeper for India, also contributed with a useful unbroken score of 39. Jurel showed off his incredible form in the Ranchi Test by hitting a fantastic ninety-nine in the first innings. India has already secured the Test series, and Rohit Sharma’s team will be keen to maintain their winning form in the decisive match, which is set to begin on March 7 in Dharamsala.