Team India captain Shubman Gill gave a cheeky reply to a query around Bazball at a press conference before the first Test against England at Headingley in Leeds, which begins on Friday, June 20. However, Bazball is a term used to describe England’s aggressive approach to Test cricket under the Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum duo. On the other hand, the Indian team will see a new era under Gill, who was appointed Team India’s new Test captain after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement.

At a press conference on Thursday, Gill was asked about the style of play they would use under his captaincy during the Test series. With a smile, the Indian captain replied: “I think you’re going to have to wait till August to see what kind of style is that going to be.”

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Shubman Gill, however, admitted that England have been playing an exciting and result-oriented Test cricket over the last couple of years as well.

He added: “They have been playing very exciting brand of cricket. They’ve been wanting to get results – that’s what the approach has been from what we know when we played against them. As a team, whenever you are playing you want to be able to get results. It wouldn’t be any different from us as well. We also play to get results.”

“I don’t think we would be looking at that to be honest. We are all very motivated. Lot of people talk that our side is not very experienced, but there are also positives – we don’t have any baggage coming to England. That could be one thing that really makes a difference for us,” Shubman Gill concluded.