The Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir has opened on the Men in Blues approach in T20I cricket and sets 250-260 targets frequently in a short format.

Under his guidance, India has won 10 out of 11 T20Is since taking charge of the men’s cricket team in July 2024.

The new-look Indian team had opted for an aggressive approach with the bat from the first ball itself and as a result, they posted a total of 297 and 247 runs.

Gambhir who top scored for India in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup against Pakistan, wants his team to continue playing high-risk, high reward’ cricket in th short format.

“That’s the kind of T20 cricket we want to play. We don’t want to fear losing a game of cricket. We want to play high-risk, high-reward cricket. And these guys have adopted that ideology really well,” said Gambhir.

Gambhir said the Indian team is looking to score 250-260 runs in every games and he doesn’t mind getting out for a low score in some matches while attempting to achieve the task.

“We want to try and get to 250-260 regularly. And in trying to do that, there’ll be games where we’ll get bundled out for 120-130. And that is what T20 cricket is all about.”

“Unless and until you don’t play that high-risk cricket, you won’t get those big rewards as well. Most importantly, I think we’re on the right track. Come those big tournaments, we want to continue playing this way, and we don’t want to fear losing anything,” he added.

“I think the ideology of this T20 team is based on selflessness and fearlessness, and I think in the last six months, these guys have done it day in, day out.”

With Abhishek Sharma’s 135-run knock in fifth T20I against England, Gambhir said the team management wants to keep backing players like the 24-year old left-handed batter.

“We want to keep backing players like Abhishek Sharma. We have to be patient with these boys. I haven’t seen a better T20 hundred against bowlers who are bowling at 140-150 kph consistently,” he added.

Gambhir also praised spinner Varun Chakravarthy for rediscovering himself and coming back stronger to international cricket.

“I think his transformation from IPL to international T20 cricket has been phenomenal. This series was probably the benchmark as well because England is a high-quality side.

“They’ve got some really quality cricketers, and the kind of surfaces we’ve played on—I think they were fantastic batting wickets—and the way he’s bowled those tough overs has been phenomenal,” said Gambhir.

Chakravarthy had 14 scalps in the five matches and broke his own record of taking most wickets for India in a bilateral T20I series.

India will be looking forward the three match ODI series in the ongoing tour, which is set to begin on February 06 at VCA Stadium.