Former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri feels the Indian team would do well to attack home team skipper Alastair Cook, who is under immense pressure after a prolonged bad patch, during the upcoming five Test series against England, starting July 9. England enter the Test series against India on the back of a 0-1 loss to Sri Lanka with Cook not having scored a Test hundred in the last 24 innings, and Shastri said the visiting team must prevent the English skipper, who averages 55.26 against India, from gaining a foothold in the series. ‘If you have the leader under pressure always go for him. You need to get stuck in. You have to make the game as tough as you can. Cook is mentally very tough. He'll break all records for England. The question is do you want a captain in Cook who is not playing freely or do you want Cook playing freely as a batsman?,’ the former captain said. agencies