The England opener’s comment has since then received a lot of criticism, including from former skipper Nasser Hussain.
Jaiswal’s completed a smashing century on Day 3 of the third Test in Rajkot and went on to convert it into his second double century of the series in consecutive matches.
Speaking about Jaiswal’s effort after the third day’s play, Duckett had remarked: “When you see players from the opposition playing like that, it almost feels like we should take some credit that they’re playing differently than how other people play Test cricket.”
The opening batsman’s opinion didn’t go down well with ex-England captain Hussain, who slammed Duckett for his words and asked England players to “self-instrospect” when it comes to backing ‘Bazball‘.
“He (Jaiswal) has not learnt from you,” said Hussain speaking on Sky Sports. “He’s learnt from his upbringing, all the hard yards he had to put in growing up. If anything, lads, look at him and learn from him. I hope there’s a little bit of self-introspection going on. Otherwise it becomes a cult, and at times Bazball and this regime has been described as such, where you cannot criticise within or externally.”
Led by two double centuries, Jaiswal tops the batting charts in the ongoing series with 545 runs in six innings at an average of 109.0.
The 22-year-old left-handed Indian opener’s 214 in Rajkot helped the hosts set England a stiff target of 557; but the visitors folded up miserably against Ravindra Jadeja’s (5/41) spin to succumb to a massive 434-run defeat.