New Delhi, March 15 -- Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir explained the decision to bring wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson back into the playing XI during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, saying the move was aimed at adding more firepower to the top order and maintaining an aggressive approach in the early overs.

Speaking on JioHotstar, the Indian head coach dismissed speculation that the change was made to break a sequence of left-handed batters at the top of the order.

According to Gambhir, the team's focus over the past year and a half has been to adopt an attacking mindset from the start.

"I know a lot of people will talk about how we wanted to break the three left-handers at the top, but not at all. We just felt that we wanted to be mor...