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Indian spinner R Ashwin expressed his views on the "Bazball" approach and its compatibility with Indian cricketing culture. He pointed out that players who solely adhere to the "Bazball" (presumably referring to a high-risk, aggressive batting style) approach may not receive strong support from selectors and fans of the Indian national team. According to Ashwin, India's cricketing culture doesn't typically back players who consistently produce poor results.

Ashwin went on to elaborate on why the "Bazball" strategy might be effective for the English cricket team but may not be as applicable in the Indian context.

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“We are playing Test cricket very well. But we will go through a transition soon. And things won’t be easy during that phase. There will be a few issues here and there. But let’s assume India adopts Bazball during this phase. Let us assume a player throws his bat at everything like Harry Brook and gets out and we lose two Test matches. What will we do? Will we back Bazball and the players?,” stated Ashwin on his YouTube channel.

“We will drop at least four players from our playing XI. That’s how our culture has always been. We can’t copy others style of play just because it worked for them. It works for them because their management is fully in with this style of play, their selectors back the players to play this way. In fact, even their crowd and Test match watching public are backing the team in this process. But we can’t do this.”

The 36-year-old also went on to say that hindsight operations do not work in winning a World Cup. The fans need to back players positively for results.

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“Winning a World Cup is not easy guys. Just because we play a certain player or drop a certain player, we can’t win. All of us are hindsight kings. The hindsight operations don’t work here. We have qualified for the semi-final of almost all major tournaments. On that day we haven’t been good enough,” said Ashwin.