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The in progress Tour of England for India 2025 has seen the Vice -Papan of England Harry Brook face challenges to fit Indian spinners especially Varun Chakraborty. After being fired by Chakravarthy both the first and second T20is, Brook made a fairly unusual statement about his first dismissal. The batter of England blamed the “fog” of not choosing Chakravarthy’s delivery during the opening game to Eden Gardens. However, the old Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin He has criticized Brook for being excused.
Harry Brook Fight Against Varun Chakravarthy
In the eighth over the first T20I in Eden Gardens, Brook faced Chakravarthy, who had been called for his mysterious tour. Chakravarthy made a Goog around the strain, and Brook tried to push him to the ground. However, his attempt failed, as he only achieved an inner edge that moved his pads and finally shot back to hit the strains. Brook was fired for 17 of 14 balls, with two four and six.
After the dismissal, Brook rushed to give an excuse, saying that the fog in Calcutta had made it difficult for him to collect the delivery. “I was fired because of the fog,” Brook said, who seems to attribute his inability to read the ball to the weather conditions.
The next game at Chennai’s Chidambaram Stadium stadium saw another Brook’s bad departure against Indian Spinner. In the seventh entrance of the entrances of England, Chakravarthy made another installGiving rise to his second dismissal by the same bowling player in so many games. This time, the ball landed and turned abruptly, with Brook late to react. He slid through the space between his bat and the pad, destroying the strains. He was out for 13 of 8 balls, with one four and one. The consistency with which Chakravarthy fired Brook showed the continuous difficulties of the batter against the variations of the Spinner.
Ravichandran Ashwin criticizes Brook’s “Fog” excuse
The old Indian spinner Ashwin criticized Brook for blaming Kolkata’s mist of his dismissal in the first T20I, noting that there was no excuse in the second T20I in Chennai. He suggested that his layoffs were more due to his inability to read the bowling bowls than to external conditions. Ashwin advised Brook to keep in mind that Chakravarthy is mainly based on googlies instead of turning his legs, suggesting that Brook should focus on adapting to Chakravarthy’s bowling style.
“There was no smog in Chennai. Thus, Harry Brook said he came out due to Smog at Eden Gardens. I just want to tell Harry Brook one thing: “Harry Brook, keep in mind that Varun Chakravarthy does not turn his legs much, his main strength is just the googlies.“Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
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Chakravarthy’s Brook’s Brook reading
Ashwin continued to highlight Brook’s recurring errors, adding that in the first T20I, Brook moved to the leg strain and was thrown by a Googly. The former Indian Cricket player also emphasized that reading Chakravarthy’s hand to identify Googly is crucial, adding that lighting or external conditions will not be important if a batter cannot decode the spinner deliveries.
“Brook moved to the leg strain and dragged on Eden Gardens. Again, he covered the strains and went to the front, he did not read the Googly and lost his strains in Chennai. If you see your hand, you can read the Google. No matter how light is, if you don’t see the Googly come, you can’t play it,“, concluded Ashwin.
