India head coach Gautam Gambhir mentioned on Monday that he is not going to cease his batters from pursuing a “excessive threat, excessive reward” strategy in Take a look at cricket even when it signifies that the aspect will get bundled out for 100 on some days. India dished out their very own model of ‘Bazball’ whereas chasing a victory within the current Kanpur Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh after greater than two days have been misplaced to rain. The crew defeated the guests by seven wickets. “Why do we have to maintain on to folks? If they’ll play the pure recreation, if they’ll get 400-500 runs in a day, why not? We are going to play it that method — excessive threat, excessive reward, excessive threat, excessive failure,” Gambhir instructed reporters forward of the three-match Take a look at collection in opposition to New Zealand that begins right here on Wednesday.
“There can be days after we’ll get bundled out for 100 and we’ll take it up then. However we’ll proceed to again our gamers to go on the market and play excessive threat cricket. That is how we wish to preserve the sport going ahead and get the leads to no matter scenario we’re in,” he added.
Nevertheless, Gambhir shortly dispelled the notion of taking part in the sport with blinkers, saying “adaptability” may even stay necessary for his aspect. “I had mentioned in Chennai that we wish to be a crew that may make 400 runs in a day and bat for 2 days to attract. That is known as development.
“That is known as adaptability and that is known as Take a look at cricket. When you play the identical method, then it isn’t development,” he defined.
Gambhir was assured in his wards’ capacity to tame any scenario with out sacrificing the crew’s motto of pushing the bounds.
“We’ve numerous people within the dressing room who can bat for 2 days. So, in the end, the primary motive is to win the match. If we’re in a scenario the place we’ve got to play for a draw, then that is the second or the third possibility.
“We do not wish to play another sort of cricket. We would like folks to go on the market and play the pure recreation,” he detailed.
‘NZ can damage us’
Whereas admitting that the Kiwis have the flexibility to “damage” the hosts, Gambhir mentioned his aspect will play “laborious cricket” to fetch the specified outcomes.
“New Zealand is a totally completely different problem. We all know that they seem to be a very, excellent crew and so they’ve bought some actually high-quality gamers. They have gamers who can damage us. They preserve preventing. So, three Take a look at matches are going to be an enormous problem.
“So, we respect them, however we do not concern anybody. We wish to be selfless. We wish to be humble. We wish to attempt to play the sport as laborious as doable on the cricket area. Whether or not it’s New Zealand or Australia, we’ll attempt to win each match for our nation,” he added.
A number of high-profile matches are on India’s schedule, together with the five-Take a look at collection in opposition to Australia subsequent month, however Gambhir was targeted on the instant problem in opposition to New Zealand.
“The very first thing is that the World Take a look at Championship is in June (2025). The second factor is that the Take a look at match in Australia is on twenty second November. Proper now, solely New Zealand is on our thoughts.
“While you play worldwide cricket, you do not take into consideration the way to put together for the 5 Take a look at matches in Australia, as proper now, an important factor is the way to be prepared on sixteenth November at 9.30 am. That’s extra necessary since you do not see forward that far,” he famous.
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