I went to middle school with him and played junior Rugby with him. Was a good mate. But even back then we all knew he was going to be a great batsman. He was also a pretty decent footballer as well. Was normally the winner of one touch, one bounce. Didn't grow that much though!!! Plus because we have the same first name we were referred to by our surnames. And mine ain't that great!!!!
I don't know, I can watch both just as easily. I prefer style over slogging, like most cricket fans, so with you there, but I would also never classify Gayle as a slogger. There is an art and a skill to hit as far and cleanly as regularly as he does, no doubt aided by his physical size and strength. He also has two test triple centuries, which speaks to a high level of concentration as well. Bell is stylish no doubt, though. Funnily enough their test averages are almost identical. 42.7 for Bell and 42.2 for Gayle.
@@chapmcchap2919 Gayle has 2 triple centuries in tests! Chris Gayle is the dad of Ian Bell. But yes Ian Bell was technically a brilliant player. He was awesome in the eyes. But I always felt Gayle was consistent in all 3 formats.
@@luckybhai4261 2012-13 they were ranked the best team in the world with Cook, Trott and Bell playing. they failed to adapt well to the increased run rates but for totals below 300 they could certainly play.
During this series 3 England batsmen have scored double centuries Bell, Pietersen, Cook. This was probably one of the disastrous away tours for Indian team Not even in one Test did our team gave fight. Especially after winning world cup.
Yeah, that surprised me. They came here as the best team in the world but then lost 4-0 in England and Australia in succession. But a year later they had their revenge against Australia, drubbing them 4-0 to return the favour. It was a strange era. England, India, South Africa and Australia all won The Mace but couldn’t keep it for long because Post Ponting, none of the big teams could win consistently away until South Africa went on a run for a while the year after.
Most aesthetically pleasing batsman I've ever watched. And that's not bias, my favourite batsman or bowlers off all time aren't English. His technique was perfect. Players can play shots as good but no better.
The most pleasant batsman I have ever watched after Rahul Dravid. Good against swing, played spin well, and scored a lot of runs because of his rock-solid technique. In my opinion, he was underrated because he played with Kevin Pietersen, Alastair cook, and Michael Vaughan. I expected him to lead the English team after Cook's retirement, but ECB had other ideas.
I watched this news that yesterday ian bell scored 235 runs in newspaper ..when i was in 8th standered and after 8 years im watching this video on TH-cam ...... Very spacial movement for me ....such a legendary player..
Bell was a wonderful timer of the ball he did not have or need power it was all timing and placement. Even in the short space of time since he left the test match team the game has changed and perhaps the only player in the current England side with his timing talents would be Joe Root.
When I look back that time It look very ordinary , frustrated , depressed fast bowling line up india have but now india have most killer fast bowlers ever
I'm biased by being an England fan but Bell is easily my favourite player to watch when playing well. I think that it's a real indication of how easy he could make the game look that he finished with an average over 42 and many still talk about him as though he was a failure. That average doesn't mark him as one of the greats but the way he could play at times suggested that he should have been. If you were to watch just a little of Bell and Steve Smith, I'm sure that you'd think that Bell was the one averaging 20 more than the other. Just goes to show how much of a mental game cricket can be. Regardless, Bell was a fine servant of England cricket, having all but won them one of the home Ashes series with several centuries in the series.
Saoirse del Tufo I know we need younger players but none of them seem to shine these days! Bell’s xperience would be very useful and he’s been great county-wise. Hopefully if we do get a youngster they’ll nail it. No idea who’s gonna open now though...
10 most stylish batsmen i can watch all day ; not necessarily in the ranking order as mentioned - Ian Bell D Martyn S Tendulkar M Yousuf H Gibbs M Waugh S Anwar B Lara J Kallis A Flintoff
Ian bell deserves to come back into the England side, at least for the rest of the career, he has been the highest scorer in England this season and deserves to come back,what ecb done with his career was not fair and not right he should come back to the England side and play on the winter tour
I'm an Indian. But Ian Bell is my favourite English batsman. His batting style is very nice and peaceful. His cover drive shots are very different and cool. He is a perfect and peaceful batsman. I think Ian Bell's batting style looks like Rahul Dravid. 😊
What a batsman. Cant help but notice how defensive Dhoni gets in a test match when it isn't going his way. I've actually noticed that on a number of occasions, especially in overseas tests. Not sure why no one appreciates the match winning passion Kohli brings to every test.
Scored hatfuls of runs, and looked classy doing it. The kind of player you imagine yourself looking like when you're hoiking it about in the nets or the garden.
Under Dhoni's captaincy in Test, everyone was scoring 200s and 300s, and not just in their home, but in India as well..... Cook scored 190, Pietersen scored a 186, Panesar took 10 Wkts in a match.... The most horrible modern day times in Test for India has been under Dhoni sadly. The captainship style in limited overs vs Test was poles apart.
As a Kid: this guy can't hit six
As an Adult: this guy is a genius.
Yes when I was a kid my thought process is also like that
I went to middle school with him and played junior Rugby with him. Was a good mate. But even back then we all knew he was going to be a great batsman. He was also a pretty decent footballer as well. Was normally the winner of one touch, one bounce. Didn't grow that much though!!! Plus because we have the same first name we were referred to by our surnames. And mine ain't that great!!!!
Grubb is an excellent last name no one will forget u mate
👍
Ian Grubb i m big funn bell
Really
yes bro
I would rather watch ian bell's elegant drives than Gayle's sixes. Man, he is such a treat to watch.
I don't know, I can watch both just as easily. I prefer style over slogging, like most cricket fans, so with you there, but I would also never classify Gayle as a slogger. There is an art and a skill to hit as far and cleanly as regularly as he does, no doubt aided by his physical size and strength. He also has two test triple centuries, which speaks to a high level of concentration as well. Bell is stylish no doubt, though. Funnily enough their test averages are almost identical. 42.7 for Bell and 42.2 for Gayle.
@@chapmcchap2919 true that
Gayle sixes are elegant...you should say Glenn Maxwell
@@chapmcchap2919 Gayle has 2 triple centuries in tests! Chris Gayle is the dad of Ian Bell. But yes Ian Bell was technically a brilliant player. He was awesome in the eyes. But I always felt Gayle was consistent in all 3 formats.
Still Gayle averages more than this man in SENA countries in tests as opener.
The most naturally gifted England player of his generation.
I don't know... Pieterson was pretty talented too
Don’t use natural
@@JY-ev5ms but he has behaviour issues
@@ani-po1td He also wasn't english.
Alastair Cook and Kevin Peterson were more talented.
Cook is probably the most talented English batsman ever.
Easy on the eye. Such a joy to watch. England should recall him.
Golden age of England cook Strauss as opener bell pietersan and trott as middle order swan as spiner Anderson and broad as pace bowler
Yea in test but in odis they were worst side at that time
@@luckybhai4261 2012-13 they were ranked the best team in the world with Cook, Trott and Bell playing. they failed to adapt well to the increased run rates but for totals below 300 they could certainly play.
Abuzar Nizamani and now it’s pretty much the other way round
early raite
Strauss is a fool
J bairstow is better than him atleast 😂
During this series
3 England batsmen have scored double centuries
Bell, Pietersen, Cook.
This was probably one of the disastrous away tours for Indian team
Not even in one Test did our team gave fight. Especially after winning world cup.
Yeah, that surprised me. They came here as the best team in the world but then lost 4-0 in England and Australia in succession.
But a year later they had their revenge against Australia, drubbing them 4-0 to return the favour. It was a strange era. England, India, South Africa and Australia all won The Mace but couldn’t keep it for long because Post Ponting, none of the big teams could win consistently away until South Africa went on a run for a while the year after.
Ian Ronald Bell ❤️ Very classy player.
I love his Off side *cover* *drive* ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍
Cover drive is always played on the off side.
Virat Kohli - The run machine
Thanks brother 🙏🏻 i love watching cricket,i don't play cricket.my knowledge is limited.thanks for good information 🙏🏻
@@rckyd8919 sorry I was a bit arrogant there :D
Ricky D who doesn’t? Best in the business
Well i prefer his leg side cover drive
Couldn't have won the 2013 Ashes without Bell. Such a great player
So true. Thanks. And a quiet modest guy too
Correct make 3 hundreds I observed one thing in England for test cricket also always stadium use to be houseful compare with other countries
Most aesthetically pleasing batsman I've ever watched. And that's not bias, my favourite batsman or bowlers off all time aren't English. His technique was perfect. Players can play shots as good but no better.
Not a bad choice. Up there with Mark Waugh, Saeed Anwar, Marvan Atapattu, Damien Martyn and Hashim Amla.
The blue scoreline graphic streams down a good lot of nostalgia ♥️♥️
Love Ian Bell. The most beautiful English batsman I've ever had the pleasure of watching.
Ian Bell's Cover Drive.. the Beauty ever💙
Balls angling in and out still getting at the middle of bat
Pure class and talent
This partnership is the literally the reason I started playing Cricket
Ian bell was one of the best ever English players. The most beautiful ever
One of the best batsman English cricket has ever produced, treat to watch❤️
Ian Bell is by favourite batsman after Dravid. Extremely elegant !
Ian bell scored most runs in tests and Odi against 2 strong opponents India & Australia. 😍👍
A GREAT / CLASSY PLAYER ❤️❤️
He is so classic,typical,elegant outstanding stroke player. Can watch him all day long
Bell is still in form in natwest t20 blast. He is one of the top scorer in natwest t20 blast 2018. 👌👌👌
Aww! Look at those shots! One of the best batsman english cricket produced
The most pleasant batsman I have ever watched after Rahul Dravid. Good against swing, played spin well, and scored a lot of runs because of his rock-solid technique. In my opinion, he was underrated because he played with Kevin Pietersen, Alastair cook, and Michael Vaughan. I expected him to lead the English team after Cook's retirement, but ECB had other ideas.
Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Matthew Prior, Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook - classy line - up!
Where's Bell?
@@adhithya2906 oh yeah! Forgot 😅
@@samirpaul3909 Ollie Pope can be his successor
Lost to india at champions Trophy 2013 final at their home ground. This was the squad bro 😂😂
@@sambhavkumar4150 final me pahuchna bhi kam bari baat nahi aaj kal to india semifinal me bhi pahuch nahi paa rahi
Beautiful. His cover drive was a beautiful treat to watch
We were so lucky to have such a technically beautiful batsmen like Bell could watch him bat all day
An Ian Bell innings is one of the most beautiful sights in all of sport.
I watched this news that yesterday ian bell scored 235 runs in newspaper ..when i was in 8th standered and after 8 years im watching this video on TH-cam ...... Very spacial movement for me ....such a legendary player..
No movement moment hai chutiye
@@zaidizaidi3031 🤣🤣
Sheer class from bell. One of England's most talented batsman
Such a great player he is...
Such an Elegant batsman
One of the classiest batsmen I've ever seen.
Best driver of the ball I've ever seen.
One of my favourite England batsmen of all time along with KP and Freddie
The 2005 Ashes memories!
Bell was a wonderful timer of the ball he did not have or need power it was all timing and placement. Even in the short space of time since he left the test match team the game has changed and perhaps the only player in the current England side with his timing talents would be Joe Root.
Love how casually KP caught up to Bell in terms of score.
Bell way batting is just amazing who agreee with it
When I look back that time It look very ordinary , frustrated , depressed fast bowling line up india have but now india have most killer fast bowlers ever
@bunny true
Sreesanth's Swing was Unbelievable those days , Btw .
This is so good to the eyes
His off side drives were like uff....
He should play 5th test at Oval
@@slimshady9703 , ab india ki gaand maar raha hai england , apni gali main kutta bhi sher hota hai
No he shouldn’t, you moron
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 why fool?
So you should play?
@@mohsinmehmood9537 how many defeats you want from India lol 😂🤣😹
I like the old players in england batting team Ian bell, Jonathan trot, Kevin pietersen , Andrew Strauss, Matt prior quality batsman
Magnificent, classical bat. I’d love to be coached by Belly. Makes batting look beautiful and so simple.
Pure class. Why isn't he back with England? Put him back at 3. What a player.
I miss this little era when Cook, Trott, Bell and Pietersen were all averaging around 50 at their peaks. What a top order!
His batting style was eye-catching.Great to see,pleasure to watch.He was a great i think
One of the Most classy batsman
Bell has troubled India many times. Nice to Eyes, Tough to heart as an Indian
Underrated star 🔥
sir bell is my all time favourt
I'm biased by being an England fan but Bell is easily my favourite player to watch when playing well. I think that it's a real indication of how easy he could make the game look that he finished with an average over 42 and many still talk about him as though he was a failure. That average doesn't mark him as one of the greats but the way he could play at times suggested that he should have been. If you were to watch just a little of Bell and Steve Smith, I'm sure that you'd think that Bell was the one averaging 20 more than the other. Just goes to show how much of a mental game cricket can be. Regardless, Bell was a fine servant of England cricket, having all but won them one of the home Ashes series with several centuries in the series.
Such a wonderful player to watch
Ian Bell announced his retirement yesterday and this popped up on my feed today. How fitting.
Ian Bell is also a best English cricketer
What do you mean also
Best English batsman to watch, excellent technique
Ian Bell was my favourite English batsman. It was pure joy to watch him !
Your time is now Bell #BringBackBell
Ian bell genius gifted batsman
7:00 that was cold 🥶🥶🥶
Damien Martyn, Ian Bell, and Mahela Jayavardena are absolute majestic❤
Even Rahul Dravid.
Classy player, wouldn't mind if he got recalled to the test team, seems to be pumping out runs at county level.
Dominick McOmish not really, and it’s only Div 2. One big score against the bottom team in the division isn’t worth a call up
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 And why they called Moeen then?
Amol Amrit a double hundred and 8 wickets in the match against Yorkshire. Plus 8 wickets in the match before that
Amol Amrit he scored big against teams other than Glamorgan
No one plays cover drive like bell ❤💯 joy to watch bell
Pure classic bstsman😍😍
He should come back what a stylish player
Silk and smooth Ian Bell
Legend. Get him back in the team!
Rhys why? He’s too old and wouldn’t add anything. We need good young players not a former great
Saoirse del Tufo I know we need younger players but none of them seem to shine these days! Bell’s xperience would be very useful and he’s been great county-wise. Hopefully if we do get a youngster they’ll nail it. No idea who’s gonna open now though...
Rhys he plays Division 2. He’s had a decent season (mainly from thrashing the bottom team) but there are many players performing better in Div 1
Saoirse del Tufo Fair enough, I just hope we get someone that stays for more than one series and doesn’t then just disappear
Rhys me too. England desperately need an out and out 3, and hopefully Burns is a decent replacement for Cook. But Bell isn’t the man
Ian bell England🏴❤️😍
This was the time when cricket was very very different from baseball!!!!!!
I was in 3rd standard when I watched this match wow memories 👌👌👌☺️☺️☺️times flews only Dravid was able to score from.indian side easily.
England hope is Ian bell
10 most stylish batsmen i can watch all day ; not necessarily in the ranking order as mentioned -
Ian Bell
D Martyn
S Tendulkar
M Yousuf
H Gibbs
M Waugh
S Anwar
B Lara
J Kallis
A Flintoff
A legend in his own right.
Ian bell deserves to come back into the England side, at least for the rest of the career, he has been the highest scorer in England this season and deserves to come back,what ecb done with his career was not fair and not right he should come back to the England side and play on the winter tour
Miss you Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott.
GREAT BATTING .RESPECT.
Most emerging player
I'm an Indian. But Ian Bell is my favourite English batsman. His batting style is very nice and peaceful. His cover drive shots are very different and cool. He is a perfect and peaceful batsman. I think Ian Bell's batting style looks like Rahul Dravid. 😊
Super music in the beginning, summer cool
I like his excellent, nice batting skill and beautiful cover drive. From India ❤
One of the best English cricket player
watching sree, RP, Ishant
those days in our lives were so good
RP was a surprise inclusion in this match.
To quote dear old Tony Gregg, (with his loveable accent) 'There was a bit of carnage out ther today!'... 🙂 Brilliant stroke technique and balance.
Everyone talking about Kohli .But These are the best players In the world Ian Bell ,What A Player
What a beautiful innings
The best players make it look simple & easy
What a batsman. Cant help but notice how defensive Dhoni gets in a test match when it isn't going his way. I've actually noticed that on a number of occasions, especially in overseas tests. Not sure why no one appreciates the match winning passion Kohli brings to every test.
Dhoni is best for limited overs cricket
But Kohli just changed India in test cricket and made it more dominant
In test as a captain Kohli > Dhoni
I wish he will come back in international matches. I think hope is still alive for him👍
Bell with immense talent 23 century not justify his talent look at him how compose player of his calibre can make 200 century absolutely beauty
Super hit bell
Pure class ❤
Perhaps the most technically perfect batsman from England
Scored hatfuls of runs, and looked classy doing it. The kind of player you imagine yourself looking like when you're hoiking it about in the nets or the garden.
most elegant player england have ever had
Very much enough talented Outstanding batsman but very underatted player
Very good knock
He was runout when his score 20,
But dhoni recall him for bating later he shows his classic innings.
That was different match
Different match, he had scored over a century and added another 22 runs after he was recalled by India after lunch
Under Dhoni's captaincy in Test, everyone was scoring 200s and 300s, and not just in their home, but in India as well..... Cook scored 190, Pietersen scored a 186, Panesar took 10 Wkts in a match.... The most horrible modern day times in Test for India has been under Dhoni sadly. The captainship style in limited overs vs Test was poles apart.
I hope bell makes comeback to the England cricket team after Alistair cook's retirement 😃😃😃
hari jha convenient that they’ve JUST uploaded this? Hmm
Easy on the eye what a wonderful batsman 🤩🤩😍🤩