The England bowling attack has been told not to worry about conceding runs and instead focus on picking up wickets against an ultra-aggressive Indian batting unit, senior pacer Mark Wood revealed on Monday (January 27).

While Wood has bowled decently in the first two T20Is so far, fellow quick Jofra Archer leaked as many as 60 runs in four overs in the last game at Chepauk with Tilak Varma taking him to the cleaners.

Under the leadership of Suryakymar Yadav, India have taken their T20 game to the next level. The Men in Blue are leading the five-match series 2-0 and England need to find a way to combat them in the third T20I at Rajkot on Tuesday (January 28)

"We'll just be trying to take wickets. I don't think (Brendon) McCullum wants us to worry about runs too much, he's all about how can we impact the game that way,” Wood said in the pre-match presser.

"We bowled well in the last game as a group. With the target they were chasing (167), we were always looking for that attacking option of taking wickets. Some might have went for a few runs at times but I also felt what was going to win us the game was trying to bowl them out."

The visitors have struggled against the Indian tweakers while the pace group led by Wood has posed a few challenges for the home team. Rajkot pitch usually offers plenty of runs, making it a contest between the batters of both sides.

"Speaking of pace against spin, I still think we've got one of the best spinners in the world in Adil Rashid, he's a huge weapon for us and every time he plays, he looks like he's going to get wickets. I wouldn't count him out of our attack, he's a vital part of it," said Wood.

"And we've got a lot of options: Livingstone, Bethell, if he comes back. As a pace bowling group, the other night maybe there was one or two overs we might have changed but in general we kept coming at the India batters.

"One guy played exceptionally well (Tilak Varma), if the luck was slightly different: a top-edge that went for six over the wicketkeeper, if that goes straight up in the air, it's a different story," explained the 35-year-old.

Returning to action after an extended injury hiatus, Wood is satisfied with the pace he is generating but is seeking more accuracy.

"I felt a little bit hit and miss - I've done a couple of good things, it's great that my pace has been up there and I feel it's coming out my hand well but the accuracy at times hasn't been quite where I wanted it. But when I haven't played since August, it's pretty much expected - I've played two games since then.

"Hopefully the more I play, the better I get leading into the 50-over stuff and the Champions Trophy. I'll keep trying my best and try to improve in training. Hopefully that narrows my focus even more."

Commenting on India's young guns including Varma and Abhishek Sharma, Wood said: “They play good shots. The depth of Indian batting, they have got experienced players and these young guys coming in but my concentration is on England.”

(With PTI Inputs)