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Shreyas Santosh Iyer
Printed on: Jan 16, 2024
Staff India batter Shreyas Iyer shouldn’t be too fearful about not being picked within the T20I squad for the continued house collection in opposition to Afghanistan. He’s additionally not considering an excessive amount of in regards to the Check collection in opposition to England, having been named within the squad for the primary two matches.
After a poor Check collection in South Africa, Iyer was requested to function within the Ranji Trophy home competitors and represented Mumbai in opposition to Andhra in spherical two. Talking after Mumbai’s 10-wicket win within the sport, the batter opened up about his present thought course of.
“See, proper now I am being within the current. I’ve completed the match which I used to be requested to play (Ranji sport in opposition to Andhra). I got here, and I executed, so I’m proud of what I am doing. One thing that’s not in my management, I am unable to be specializing in that. Coming right here and successful the match was my focus and that is what we did in the present day,” the 29-year-old was quoted as saying in a PTI report.
The fitting-handed batter struggled in opposition to the Proteas within the two-match Check collection. He scored a run-a-ball 48 in Mumbai’s win over Andhra. When requested about his preparations for the England Check collection at house, although, he reiterated that he’s not trying too far forward.
“It is vital to take one match at a time, not take into consideration five-match Check collection. The workforce is just for the primary two video games. The motto could be to carry out within the first two video games after which look ahead to the remainder of the video games,” he mentioned.
“I am assuming that we might be getting turning wickets in opposition to England. However aside from that, it was only for my match health, to remain on the sector so long as doable, that is what primarily I used to be specializing in as a result of particularly after my damage, it has been robust for me to stay on the outfield for lengthy. So this was nice follow for me,” Iyer added in regards to the pink ball sport in opposition to Andhra within the Ranji Trophy.
The 29-year-old has to this point featured in 12 Exams for India and has scored 707 runs at a mean of 39.27. His stats embody 100 and 5 half-centuries. Iyer has additionally featured in 59 ODI and has totaled 2,383 runs at a mean of 49.64 and a strike charge of 101.27 with 5 lots of and 18 fifties. Talking of his T20I profession, he has 1,104 runs to his identify from 51 matches, averaging 30.66 at a strike charge of 136.12.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
