Cricket News: Hardik Pandya praises Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid's approaches

"Rohit gives you a lot of flexibility and freedom which is his strength throughout his captaincy stint whenever I have played with him. A lot of credit goes to Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid the way they have got the team together and making sure a lot of positive mindset comes in and players are feeling secure; they are getting told as well if they are not playing, and that is something which is commendable," said Hardik Pandya.

A new approach towards batting by team India

While praising the skipper and coach, Hardik Pandya appreciated the flexible yet aggressive batting approach being promoted by the duo. 

Talking about the approach for the upcoming T20 World Cup, he said, "We were all having a chat about how we should go about the slow wicket, do we still want to continue this style of play, and he gave us the freedom, saying that you know what, forget about the results, we are trying something new, we are going to make mistakes, we are going to learn from it, but what we have been doing for five-six years, we are going to go away from that and make sure that we try everything and all options that are available, and when it comes to the World Cup, we'll know how to play."

Men in Blue are also trying to put opposition bowlers under pressure and give an impression that India will come hard at them even if it costs them some early wickets. 

He added, "The way we are putting bowlers under pressure, even they are thinking that this Indian team, even if it is 10 for 3, will not look to play out the 20 overs. It is thinking that how can we reach 190 even from here. That attitude is making this team look more dangerous, and we will try to continue that."

Skipper advocated the approach right from the white ball series against England and announced that India would not play conservative cricket as in the past. 

The players will complement India's aggressive approach in their squad, and the BCCI will be filling the T20 World Cup squad with players who will be the best in playing with this aggressive intent.