Former India keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik praised Harry Brook after his stunning century at The Oval on Sunday, August 3, calling him as the poster boy of Bazball. Karthik praised him for his amazing consistency in Test cricket despite his high-risk approach as well. Brook smashed 111 off just 98 balls to lead England’s charge in a chase of
374 on Day 4 of The Oval Test against India as well.

Speaking after stumps on Day 4 of The Oval Test, Karthik told Sky Sports Cricket: “He’s the poster boy for Bazball. He just comes out there, plays with a lot of flair, takes on the bowlers and does it his way. The beauty is, he is the kind of batsman, when he gets out, you are going to think, ‘what is that shot?’. But, when gets going, you are like ‘wow, that is serious talent’. We are always going to keep jumping on both sides of the fence. As long as he trusts his game, the consistency is there to see. He is setting up Test matches, the speed at which he plays. He’s quite hard to bowl at because he’s pretty unpredictable.”

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While both Joe Root and Harry Brook smashed centuries on Day 4 of The Oval Test, Karthik named the former as the bigger of the two wickets for India as well.

“With Harry Brook, you almost feel you could have a dismissal round the corner. The problem with Joe Root is, he’s one of those who doesn’t look like he’s scoring runs. But at the end of it, he scored fifty, he’s build a partnership of 100-120. Only when Joe Root got out, I really believed India have a chance here,” Dinesh Karthik concluded.