England's Bazball Brigade Unfazed by Spin Threat Ahead of Second Test Against India

Saying that England's confidence is as high as the Kailasagiri mountain, which towers above the ACA-VDCA Stadium, would not be too much of an exaggeration.

England's batting stalwart Joe Root practiced left-handed for a while during Wednesday's training session and performed the reverse sweep with ease before the second Test started on Friday.

During an India training session in Indore in November 2019, even veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled left-arm spin. However, it was not in advance of a significant match; rather, it was the day after India had crushed Bangladesh by an innings in only nine sessions.

That's the power of Bazball, which this English team fervently believes in and understandably so, particularly after their incredible comeback in Hyderabad to take the series to one game higher. "Many of us perform a little bit better under this regime," Zak Crawley said candidly from the beginning.

Though the wicket here is predicted to spin from late in the second day, England's spin testing will go on. It was discovered that there hasn't been any surface irrigation in the last three days.

However, the Bazballers don't seem to be too concerned about the pitch or general circumstances. As far as England is concerned, sweeping and reverse sweeping will undoubtedly continue regardless of the circumstances.

When it's whirling, sweeping and reverse sweeping are effective options. Plan loses its spin as a result. Because there are less fielders in there, I believe the reverse sweep is more typical for us," Crawley said.

"There usually appear to be two guys out on the leg side in India. We would most likely play the sweep if they had two guys out on the opposite side. Having said that, we presumably instinctively do the reverse sweep exactly as much as the standard sweep.

"With four games remaining, we need to maintain our strengths and hopefully the results will follow," Crawley said.

Similar to India, England is probably going to change their starting eleven for the second Test. milestone Wood, who struggled as the only pacer in the first Test, missed Wednesday's practise and might be replaced by James Anderson, who bowled a very lengthy stint at the nets and is 10 wickets shy of reaching the 700-wicket milestone.

Jack Leach, the leading spinner for the visitors, injured his left knee while fielding on the opening day of the first Test, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. He was seen hobbling and not participating in the exercise.

Young off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who just joined the England team after his visa problem was resolved, definitely enters the mix in the left-arm spinner's absence. Bashir caused skipper Ben Stokes a lot of problems during his rather good run of bowling at the nets.

Crawley emphasized, "Shoaib knows what he's trying to do with his bowling and he backs himself."