Cricket Buzz: Social media trends on July 21

Pakistan captain Babar Azam shared a photo of himself from a picturesque beach in Sri Lanka. Sanjay Manjrekar opined that the best way to counter England's 'Bazball' strategy is to deploy 'skilled spinners' against them. Michael Vaughan tweeted that Australia are hoping for rain to save them in the ongoing fourth Ashes Test in Manchester, noting that Pat Cummins and Co. delayed taking the new ball in the morning session on Day 3.

Former Indian player Pragyan Ojha and Bengal's red-ball captain Manoj Tiwary congratulated pacer Mukesh Kumar as he made his India debut in the second Test against the West Indies in Trinidad. Brad Hogg predicted that the fourth Test between Australia and England will have a result, even if rain takes away a huge chunk of game time.

Check out all these trending updates on social media here:

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— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) July 21, 2023

Ashes series has spun on it's head. Australia rattled. New Ball crucial. With rain around there will be fireworks 1st session, ether fast runs or quick wickets.
No matter what there will be a result this test match. #Ashes2023

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) July 21, 2023

The Aussies are clearing hoping the rain saves them here .. Not taken the 2nd new ball !!!!!! #Ashes

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 21, 2023

Sending my best wishes to you mukku for the game, believe in yourself and enjoy the red cherry! @ksmukku4 #WIvsIND 👍 pic.twitter.com/d6hktIAjQJ

— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) July 21, 2023

Barbie or Oppenheimer?
Which side are you on? 🧐 pic.twitter.com/ldGTFIZQhv

— DK (@DineshKarthik) July 21, 2023

One way to counter ‘bazball’ is having one or two skilled spinners in the attack. Then batters with just power won’t be effective, only skilled batters against spin would. And today those are rare to find.
That’s why Aus missing Lyon massively! #Ashes

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 21, 2023

Had a good first session with @SurreyJaguars. 🏏 pic.twitter.com/sJPbYwCkD7

— Sandeep Lamichhane (@Sandeep25) July 21, 2023

Big character day ahead for the Aussies. I get the feeling England will try and get 200 ahead & have a bowl either side of Lunch with possibility of 2 days of rain ahead.
How do you guys see it? #ENGvAUS #Ashes #Ashes2023

— Callum Ferguson (@calferguson12) July 21, 2023

Congratulations Mukesh Kumar for making your Test debut. 💐

You are an amazing cricketer and you deserve it! Enjoy the moment... 🏏#WIvIND #IndianCricket #MukeshKumar pic.twitter.com/DAGueCMEBS

— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) July 21, 2023

Hahaha that's how I saw it

Hopefully @root66 sees how his guru did it 🤣

Must admit Root has played it with a lot more finesse 😋@SkyCricket#Ashes #Ashes2023 #CricketTwitter https://t.co/0hoxsGyEiT

— DK (@DineshKarthik) July 21, 2023

Welcome everyone to beautiful Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 https://t.co/o5HuCTgQgZ

— Sikandar Raza (@SRazaB24) July 21, 2023

Beauty beings the moment you decide to be yourself. 😊 pic.twitter.com/9H5pVU0dJr

— Hassan Ali 🇵🇰 (@RealHa55an) July 21, 2023

Clouds around in Manc .. England to smash it around for a session and push to win today is on the cards .. #Ashes

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 21, 2023