Ian Bell's Brilliant 235 at The Oval | England v India 2011 - Highlights

[@Alex_Christin]

As a Kid: this guy can't hit six As an Adult: this guy is a genius.

[@yesubabu05]

Yes when I was a kid my thought process is also like that

[@user-cl1nt8sl5e]

I would rather watch ian bell's elegant drives than Gayle's sixes. Man, he is such a treat to watch.

[@chapmcchap2919]

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.

[@tonyabhishek4892]

@@chapmcchap2919 true that

[@siddhartharoy8419]

Gayle sixes are elegant...you should say Glenn Maxwell

[@sayakmandal3240]

@@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.

[@foreverknight3448]

Still Gayle averages more than this man in SENA countries in tests as opener.

[@iangrubb6470]

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!!!!

[@Notforjordy]

Grubb is an excellent last name no one will forget u mate

[@henfc456]

👍

[@akshayvaidya9626]

Ian Grubb i m big funn bell

[@TypicalZain]

Really

[@akshayvaidya9626]

yes bro

[@peakyblinder8244]

The most naturally gifted England player of his generation.

[@JY-ev5ms]

I don't know... Pieterson was pretty talented too

[@leothehuskador6277]

Don’t use natural

[@ani-po1td]

@@JY-ev5ms but he has behaviour issues

[@cheesemccheese5780]

@@ani-po1td He also wasn't english.

[@DC-zi6se]

Alastair Cook and Kevin Peterson were more talented. Cook is probably the most talented English batsman ever.

[@SuryaSen001]

Easy on the eye. Such a joy to watch. England should recall him.

[@nepoliangaming4437]

Golden age of England cook Strauss as opener bell pietersan and trott as middle order swan as spiner Anderson and broad as pace bowler

[@luckybhai4261]

Yea in test but in odis they were worst side at that time

[@JoshF848]

@@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.

[@benthirlaway8681]

Abuzar Nizamani and now it’s pretty much the other way round

[@donmylifedonmylife2755]

early raite

[@yakshrajsingh8121]

Strauss is a fool J bairstow is better than him atleast 😂

[@RahulKumar-ks8lk]

Couldn't have won the 2013 Ashes without Bell. Such a great player

[@wilihgrolsch3544]

So true. Thanks. And a quiet modest guy too

[@sundeepyadav2455]

Correct make 3 hundreds I observed one thing in England for test cricket also always stadium use to be houseful compare with other countries

[@sandeshreddy5347]

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.

[@oleggorky906]

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.

[@stuiep1983]

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.

[@azakive]

Not a bad choice. Up there with Mark Waugh, Saeed Anwar, Marvan Atapattu, Damien Martyn and Hashim Amla.

[@joebowden4065]

From players I’ve watched only root and kohli compare, but neither play the cover drive as well. Root is good with the shots down to third man backward point, kohli more driving through extra cover region

[@lostcoder6683]

Balls angling in and out still getting at the middle of bat Pure class and talent

[@LWYRUP05]

This partnership is the literally the reason I started playing Cricket

[@sportslife3652]

Love Ian Bell. The most beautiful English batsman I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

[@nazeerahmed2434]

Ian Bell's Cover Drive.. the Beauty ever💙

[@ItsRohanTry]

Ian bell was one of the best ever English players. The most beautiful ever

[@Thacarshee]

The blue scoreline graphic streams down a good lot of nostalgia ♥️♥️

[@SimMudassar]

He is so classic,typical,elegant outstanding stroke player. Can watch him all day long

[@rckyd8919]

Ian Ronald Bell ❤️ Very classy player. I love his Off side *cover* *drive* ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍

[@pranavjoshi6429]

Cover drive is always played on the off side.

[@rckyd8919]

Virat Kohli - The run machine Thanks brother 🙏🏻 i love watching cricket,i don't play cricket.my knowledge is limited.thanks for good information 🙏🏻

[@pranavjoshi6429]

@@rckyd8919 sorry I was a bit arrogant there :D

[@jamesspencer5854]

Ricky D who doesn’t? Best in the business

[@georgewalsh3225]

Well i prefer his leg side cover drive

[@neondemon5518]

Ian Bell is by favourite batsman after Dravid. Extremely elegant !

[@misttech9244]

One of the best batsman English cricket has ever produced, treat to watch❤️

[@shaillygujrey6472]

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.

[@Alexus1231996]

We were so lucky to have such a technically beautiful batsmen like Bell could watch him bat all day

[@15SecondsAnswers]

Aww! Look at those shots! One of the best batsman english cricket produced

[@arijitrana7988]

Sreesanth's Swing was Unbelievable those days , Btw .

[@JAISHREERAM-s1x3r]

His off side drives were like uff....

[@rckyd8919]

Ian bell scored most runs in tests and Odi against 2 strong opponents India & Australia. 😍👍 A GREAT / CLASSY PLAYER ❤️❤️

[@Tr33fiddy]

An Ian Bell innings is one of the most beautiful sights in all of sport.

[@mohitkadav1133]

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 KZbin ...... Very spacial movement for me ....such a legendary player..

[@zaidizaidi3031]

No movement moment hai chutiye

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

@@zaidizaidi3031 🤣🤣

[@samirpaul3909]

Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Matthew Prior, Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook - classy line - up!

[@adhithya2906]

Where's Bell?

[@samirpaul3909]

@@adhithya2906 oh yeah! Forgot 😅

[@narharchandurkar4318]

@@samirpaul3909 Ollie Pope can be his successor

[@sambhavkumar4150]

Lost to india at champions Trophy 2013 final at their home ground. This was the squad bro 😂😂

[@utsavraj224]

@@sambhavkumar4150 final me pahuchna bhi kam bari baat nahi aaj kal to india semifinal me bhi pahuch nahi paa rahi

[@mashmed9484]

Beautiful. His cover drive was a beautiful treat to watch

[@kumarin2009]

Bell is still in form in natwest t20 blast. He is one of the top scorer in natwest t20 blast 2018. 👌👌👌

[@ashmitbagchi9014]

Sheer class from bell. One of England's most talented batsman

[@SubParGolf11]

Love how casually KP caught up to Bell in terms of score.

[@vijayswarupa8618]

Bell way batting is just amazing who agreee with it

[@itzbashxll._6987]

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

[@itzbashxll._6987]

@bunny true

[@parisaabbasi1763]

Such a great player he is...

[@mattinterweb]

One of the classiest batsmen I've ever seen.

[@DC-zi6se]

Best driver of the ball I've ever seen.

[@Ajay-xb8ti]

Such an Elegant batsman

[@neilpountney9414]

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.

[@rogershirley2857]

Pure class. Why isn't he back with England? Put him back at 3. What a player.

[@zamin973]

He should play 5th test at Oval

[@Samvlog512]

@@slimshady9703 , ab india ki gaand maar raha hai england , apni gali main kutta bhi sher hota hai

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

No he shouldn’t, you moron

[@yakshrajsingh8121]

@@saoirsedeltufo7436 why fool? So you should play?

[@sayandutta2035]

@@mohsinmehmood9537 how many defeats you want from India lol 😂🤣😹

[@weetabixharry]

I miss this little era when Cook, Trott, Bell and Pietersen were all averaging around 50 at their peaks. What a top order!

[@Anshnayan_15]

This is so good to the eyes

[@davidjohnston1561]

One of my favourite England batsmen of all time along with KP and Freddie

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

The 2005 Ashes memories!

[@akshayeanand6648]

I like the old players in england batting team Ian bell, Jonathan trot, Kevin pietersen , Andrew Strauss, Matt prior quality batsman

[@wunnell]

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.

[@shihanlanthraofficialyoutube]

Everyone talking about Kohli .But These are the best players In the world Ian Bell ,What A Player

[@fantasyguru7694]

Bell has troubled India many times. Nice to Eyes, Tough to heart as an Indian

[@AnshFloStarMusicPage]

Ian Bell announced his retirement yesterday and this popped up on my feed today. How fitting.

[@groot3535]

One of the Most classy batsman

[@iftikarbalochbla274]

This was the time when cricket was very very different from baseball!!!!!!

[@souviksarkar8721]

Ian Bell was my favourite English batsman. It was pure joy to watch him !

[@imwalkworse6298]

Your time is now Bell #BringBackBell

[@shyamrakesh5791]

Ian bell genius gifted batsman

[@iammodestykazi6914]

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

[@sarthakbhalerao1045]

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.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Magnificent, classical bat. I’d love to be coached by Belly. Makes batting look beautiful and so simple.

[@shayaanrasul3649]

Ian Bell is also a best English cricketer

[@rec0lergaming414]

What do you mean also

[@ingriddyer1441]

Best English batsman to watch, excellent technique

[@kolkol4671]

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

[@waqarbaig7856]

sir bell is my all time favourt

[@mdanisurrahmanshamim181]

His batting style was eye-catching.Great to see,pleasure to watch.He was a great i think

[@r.pranavsubramaniam5582]

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. 😊

[@Maaz.0]

He should come back what a stylish player

[@rajprince5090]

England hope is Ian bell

[@mattinterweb]

Rodney Marsh said Bell was the most technically gifted player he ever coached at youth level. That cover drive is a beautiful as it gets.

[@KanekiXdarkgamer45]

Underrated star 🔥

[@inamulhassan2265]

No one plays cover drive like bell ❤💯 joy to watch bell

[@Vk18-x6f]

7:00 that was cold 🥶🥶🥶

[@skiptracerbob]

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.

[@surajssubramanian7327]

Silk and smooth Ian Bell

[@mcomish17]

Classy player, wouldn't mind if he got recalled to the test team, seems to be pumping out runs at county level.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

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

[@AmolAmrit]

@@saoirsedeltufo7436 And why they called Moeen then?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Amol Amrit a double hundred and 8 wickets in the match against Yorkshire. Plus 8 wickets in the match before that

[@Gg-zd8xz]

Amol Amrit he scored big against teams other than Glamorgan

[@youtubeonly7271]

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.

[@SARedits-zf2fw]

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

[@imrantanvir7281]

Such a wonderful player to watch

[@FaisalKhan-yt5on]

Perhaps the most technically perfect batsman from England

[@shasshabareesh2974]

He was runout when his score 20, But dhoni recall him for bating later he shows his classic innings.

[@rabz41]

That was different match

[@jacobburtonswfc]

Different match, he had scored over a century and added another 22 runs after he was recalled by India after lunch

[@ajaytripathi6016]

Pure classic bstsman😍😍

[@jaideepsingh2549]

I was in 3rd standard when I watched this match wow memories 👌👌👌☺️☺️☺️times flews only Dravid was able to score from.indian side easily.

[@NS-gr9cy]

A legend in his own right.

[@pulseofages]

Damien Martyn, Ian Bell, and Mahela Jayavardena are absolute majestic❤

[@Professor.Berlin]

Even Rahul Dravid.

[@prem5449]

I wish he will come back in international matches. I think hope is still alive for him👍

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

Legend. Get him back in the team!

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Rhys why? He’s too old and wouldn’t add anything. We need good young players not a former great

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

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...

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

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

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

Saoirse del Tufo Fair enough, I just hope we get someone that stays for more than one series and doesn’t then just disappear

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

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

[@sandeep.yadav.official]

Super hit bell

[@servicekid7453]

The best players make it look simple & easy

[@dorpok2137]

Miss you Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott.

[@sutapachatterjee6654]

Ian bell England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️😍

[@bitmogul5586]

I just love the english spectators...

[@harrywelch294]

I miss the days of getting annoyed about Bell scoring ‘pretty hundreds’

[@GStewie]

You ain’t picked him in 3/4 years now he’s the man?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

They’re just showing highlights, he’s not getting a call up

[@rajkishore5541]

What a beautiful innings

[@sundeepyadav2455]

Most emerging player

[@devupadhyay3013]

One of the best English cricket player

[@DeepakRaj-ls3uv]

One the beat middle order batsman for england cricket

[@sachindhiman3304]

GREAT BATTING .RESPECT.

[@pritam436]

Very much enough talented Outstanding batsman but very underatted player

[@sanjeeviraj680]

I like his excellent, nice batting skill and beautiful cover drive. From India ❤

[@Jokerman4]

Peterson was on 37 when Bell reached 50. Bell reached 150 when Peterson was on 152

[@robleary3353]

To quote dear old Tony Gregg, (with his loveable accent) 'There was a bit of carnage out ther today!'... 🙂 Brilliant stroke technique and balance.

[@kiransrihari1052]

Super music in the beginning, summer cool

[@user-ke5hr]

most elegant player england have ever had