Fearless, not reckless: How Ishan Kishan impressed captain Virat Kohli on T20I debut vs England

India vs England, 1st T20I: Ishan Kishan impressed quite a few, including captain Virat Kohli, with his well-paced fifty on India debut on Sunday. The Mumbai Indians star went after the England bowlers but he adopted a calculated approach, displaying the maturity of a senior campaigner.

Virat Kohli did not say it in as many words but India's batting performance in the first T20I was reckless, especially on a track that was not the road that modern-day limited-overs pitches are. It was the skipper who had called for a more fearless approach from his batsmen in the lead up to the T20I series. However, India were rocked by the extra pace that the England bowlers had to offer in the first T20I on Friday. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were guilty of throwing their wickets away without giving themselves enough tme to assess the conditions -- something that the captain conceded after the 8-wicket loss in the series opener. KL Rahul played one onto the stumps. Virat Kohli came up with an uncharacteristic innings wherein he tried to flat bat Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid and fell to the latter for 0. Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan was unable to get going as he was dismissed for a 12-ball 4. India slipped to their second-lowest ever powerplay score and there was no coming back from that despite Shreyas Iyer's valiant 64.