England Test opener Ben Duckett has shared his views on his comments on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s batting, citing how England players deserve some credit for India’s aggressive approach. He also reminded how he also called Jaiswal a world-class player, which was seemingly forgotten as well. Following Jaiswal’s blistering knock on Day 3 of the Rajkot Test earlier this year, Duckett said that England should deserve some credit for other teams batting aggressively as well. The comments, though, didn’t go down well with fans and many slammed him as well.

Speaking to The Daily Mail, the veteran opener said, “It was actually me paying him a nice compliment. I’m pretty sure I said he was a world-class player, but no one spoke about that. Would I have said what I did during the fifth Test? No, because he played like that throughout the whole series, and he was incredible.”

However, Jaiswal, who scored a hundred on his Test debut, took on England’s bowling attack throughout the five-match series. The youngster
smashed 712 runs in five matches at 89 with two centuries and three fifties as well. The left-handed batter also suggested how it made sense to follow Brendon McCullum’s advice of being the best version of himself instead of being a traditional opener.

“It was Baz (McCullum) who said: “Why do you have to go and bat like these previous openers? Why can’t you be the best version of yourself? That’s what I am. It has its downfalls: I nick off quite a lot. But I’ve also scored a lot of runs in that area. If I start to leave more balls, I bet you I’d still nick off and still score a lot less runs,” Ben Duckett concluded.