India have enough firepower to play Bazball cricket but approach not required: Ishan Kishan

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Ishan Kishan has said that India have all the required firepower to execute the Bazball approach before deeming playing aggressive cricket in each of the Test matches as unnecessary.

The 25-year-old southpaw said the aggressive brand of Test cricket suits only when the wicket is flat or when the team is in need of some quick runs.

In the rain-marred second Test against West Indies, India piled up 181 runs for the loss of two wickets in just 24 overs before declaring and asking West Indies to chase a 365-run total. India also managed to pick two wickets before the end of Day 4 but the match ended in a draw after the entire Day 5 was washed out.

Three of the four Indian batters in the second innings scored at a strike rate in excess of 120. Shubman Gill, who scored 29 unbeaten runs off 37 balls, carried a strike rate of 78.38. Ishan Kishan struck a 33-ball fifty and scored 52 not out runs at a strike rate of 152.94.

"It is not possible that you can play that fast every day, it depends upon the situation also," Kishan, who made his Test debut in the first Test in Dominica and scored his first Test run off 20 balls, told the reporters on Monday.

"If the wicket is flat, where you can score quickly, and the need of the team is to get runs quickly, then I think you can take on that action. 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 to play attacking cricket, we have got enough firepower in our ranks. I don't think you can always play attacking shots in Test cricket," Kishan added.

India and West Indies will now lock horns in a 3-match ODI series starting Thursday, July 27.