“BazBall is a copycat…”: Vaughan faces fan wrath after cheeky tweet about IND’s explosive hitting against BAN

Half-centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul saw the hosts declare 285/9. In response, Bangladesh reached 26/2 at stumps and were 26 runs behind.

Jaiswal was in good batting form, hitting 72 off 51 balls, packed with 12 fours and two sixes. Meanwhile, Rahul scored 68 runs off 43 deliveries, including seven fours and two maximums.

What did Michael Vaughan tweet?

Reacting to India's batting performance in the second innings, the former England cricketer had a unique reaction. On X, formerly known as Twitter, he wrote: “I see India is playing Bazball…”

Vaughan accused India of copying England's Test cricket template while batting, but Indian fans had a different opinion on his tweet.

In response to Vaughan, one fan wrote, “BazBall is a copycat product of ViruBall and PantBall that was destroyed and completed by JaisBall in January 2024.”

Another fan wrote: “But I can't imagine England playing in a WTC final in the next ten years.”

One fan explained: “It’s not Bazball. In Kanpur we see Roball and Jasball and both of them got the innings going. India really wants the result of this game and that is the reason why they are playing so aggressively. On the other hand, England plays bazball but could resist in the ODI format.”

Another fan quipped, “Virender Sehwag & Rishabh Pant played this style of aggressive batting in Test cricket even before bazball was invented.”

Apart from Jaiswal and Rahul, other Indian batsmen also had a good performance. Virat Kohli finally found form and scored 47 off 35 balls, hitting four fours and a six. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma (23 off 11 balls) and Shubman Gill (39 off 36 balls) made notable contributions.