Brendon McCullum, England’s head coach, accepted his team’s “missed opportunity” after Pakistan sealed a 2-1 series victory with decisive spin-friendly tactics in Multan and Rawalpindi.
It's true, as this series has shown, that England has lost, but rather that a "Baz Ball Era" has been lost.
While Bairstow has managed only 102 runs in six innings, Root’s bat has produced a mere 77 runs from the three Tests so far, begging questions on the duo’s place in the side for the fourth Test.
We'll move on to the next test match, and go out there and try to win," the all-rounder added.
England were in dire straits at 93/4 in the second innings against New Zealand chasing 299 in the second Test at Trent Bridge. But England still went about their task of overhauling the target, with Jonny Bairstow playing a cracker of an innings to guide the team to victory and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
After starting with a win against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the opener on March 26, KKR lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore but bounced back to win the next two matches against Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians.
Russell has proved his credentials time and again with masterful batting and bowling performances in the past for KKR
Morgan said that when the tournament was halted in May due to Covid-19 breaching the bio-bubble, coach McCullum had spoken about altering the game plan and that the side was implementing the approach at the re-start in Dubai.
Ross Taylor stepped down from captaincy in all formats in 2012 after he was asked to hand over the limited-overs duty to Brendon McCullum by Mike Hesson.
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