IND vs WI: Ishan Kishan Fires Massive Shots At Bazball, Indicates Team India Don't Need To Learn From England

Young Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan opened up about England’s aggressive style of play in Test cricket called ‘Bazball’. Ishan Kishan emphasized that the Bazball approach can be effective only on flat surfaces and there is no need to play aggressive cricket in every match.

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Speaking after Day five of the second Test match, which was washed out, Ishan Kishan said that it’s not easy to bat with an aggressive approach for India as the surfaces provide turn and bounce.

“It is not possible that you can play that fast everyday, it depends upon situation also. England are batting quick but you need to see on what kind of pitches they are playing, mostly where we play it is not easy to bat because there is a turn and bounce,” Kishan told reporters.

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Ishan Kishan emphasized that India has the firepower to play attacking cricket when needed, but it’s not always possible to do so in every game.

“If wicket is flat, where you can score quick, and the need of team is to get runs quickly, then I think you can take on that action,” he added.

“I don’t think it is necessary that we must play in an aggressive manner in every match, but whenever there will be a need of playing attacking cricket, we have got enough firepower’s in our ranks. I don’t think you can always play attacking shots in Test cricket.”

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We Didn’t Bat For Long – Ishan Kishan

Ishan Kishan revealed that he was promoted in the batting order to take on the left-arm spinner in the opposition bowling attack. He said that he wanted to make the most of the opportunities.

“I think as a youngster, who was playing only his second Test, I wanted to cash in all those opportunities. In the second innings when I was sent to bat up the order my plan was to take on left-arm spinner. I batted with positive intent. We didn’t want to bat for long because we already had a good lead,” he concluded.

The left-handed batter, who was playing his only second Test, scored an unbeaten 52 runs off 34 balls, including four fours and two sixes. He helped the team put up a total of 181 runs in just 24 overs in their second innings.