Crew India’s Shreyas Iyer has been in spectacular kind within the ongoing white-ball tour of West Indies however the batter is sad along with his failure to transform back-to-back half-centuries into a whole lot.
Iyer made 63 off 71 balls batting at quantity 3 to play a giant function in India’s series-clinching two-wicket win over West Indies within the second ODI on Sunday. He stitched a 99-run stand with Sanju Samson (54) for the fourth wicket earlier than Axar Patel (64 not out) completed off the match.
Iyer, who had scored 54 in India’s three-run win within the first match, mentioned he would look to attain a century within the subsequent sport.
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”I used to be proud of what I scored immediately however sad with the way in which I used to be dismissed. I may have taken the crew by simply. I used to be establishing the full and it was unlucky that I misplaced my wicket. Hopefully, I can do higher and rating a century within the subsequent match,” he mentioned after the sport.
The 27-year-old right-handed batter rued not scoring 100. ”Final time additionally it was a superb catch (to dismiss him). I can not say I threw away my wicket however I ought to have transformed it into a whole lot. However I really feel good to contribute to the crew’s win.
”It is lucky to get to fifty (again to again) however I ought to have transformed into 100 as a result of I had bought a superb begin. You do not get this type of begins many times in worldwide cricket and changing as many fifties to 100 may be very useful. I believed immediately was a terrific probability to try this.”
Iyer has been batting at quantity three in his previous few matches and he mentioned he’s having fun with his new function.
”It is among the finest positions to bat at. You go into a troublesome scenario. If the wickets fall, you go early and it’s a must to see off the brand new ball after which construct the innings. ”And in addition, if the opening partnership is superb and it’s a must to carry it on and construct onto that from the place they left. It’s a enjoyable place to bat at and I loved it.”
He credited his robust kind to the additional exhausting work he has been placing in not too long ago.
”The outcome I get is due to the exhausting work I’m doing. I’m performing some further exhausting work not too long ago as a result of wickets and situations are altering and there are back-to-back matches so I’ve to maintain match and attempt to management the controllable.”
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There have been some tense moments through the 312-run chase when India wanted six runs off three balls.
Speaking about these moments, Iyer mentioned, ”It was enjoyable, to be sincere. Rahul (Dravid) sir was getting very tensed, he was passing messages. However the gamers had been very calm and composed throughout strain conditions.”
Requested concerning the partnership he had with Samson that re-built the India innings, Iyer mentioned, ”Two back-to-back wickets and about 64 (66) runs and from there we needed to rebuild and Sanju got here in and he confirmed a variety of intent. I used to be already batting on 15 and had confronted round 20 balls and I knew what I used to be going to do. ”Sanju confronted a number of balls and he took on the spinners and hit two sixes and immediately the momentum shifted in direction of us. From there onwards, we constructed the partnership and carried ahead the momentum.”