Published Feb 8, 2025, 5:04 pm IST
Shreyas Iyer has been vital part of Indian middle order, he has played some important innings which has paved his potential to to the game. But Iyer too possessed the backlash being out from the team. Iyer is a capable middle order but the short ball incoming has really exposed him a lot.
Let it be from the Border Gavaskar trophy in 2021 where he was continuosly tested with short balls by Pat Cummins and his men, And in England series where coach Brenden Mcallum indicates his bowlers to deliver short balls to Iyer which really backfired Iyer a lot.
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An Ideal World Cup And Out From Team
Despite his shortcomings Iyer form was quite remarkable which gave a edge to be named in the world cup squard of 2023. He had considerably a good World Cup with runs, he scored 530 runs having two centuries in it. Soon after World Cup problems started adequating Iyer more he got several injuries and a back spasm.
Where he was excluded from the test side against Bangladesh. Though leading KKR to their 3rd IPL trophy Iyer was excluded from T20 Indian World Cup squard which they won. He too shared his disbelief that how he was neglected from the squard and promised to deliver a great comeback.
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Back with A Bang
Though being struggling with the outcomes of shortballs Iyer made a determination of come back he went back to train on his technique. He started his base from the stance with developing the adaption and judging the speed of the ball which helped him a lot. With that he started to give importance on his fitness where he was lacking, because his recent injuries were abprupting him away from the game. Then with this he gave a try in Ranji. He was also one of the big names who was playing Ranji Trophy where other big names too joined their respective team to find their lost form.
Initally he had a bad start in Duleep Trophy where he scored just 150 Runs. But in Ranji he he was looking quite different he started to find the form back scoring 480 runs with two centuries. He too gave significant performance in winning Syed Mustaq Ali trophy for Mumbai. He had a great Vijay Hazare trophy where he scored 325 runs with two centuries. With this he was selected for ODI series against England and eventually in playing 11 too. He played a vital knock of 59 where India lost quick wickets in19 runs. Iyer just took charge from ball one he was again tested with short ball but this time he had every answers for upcoming deleviries. His determination of comeback was really a remarkable one which was praised by many legends of the game.
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