Shreyas Iyer needs to recreate form
Updated On: 31 January, 2024 07:10 AM IST | Visakhapatnam | R Kaushik
Around recent Test dips, Shreyas has made bucketful of ODI runs, including successive tons in the World Cup. However, in Tests he hasn’t been able to strike the balance between attack and defence
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India’s Shreyas Iyer bats against England on Day Two of the first Test in Hyderabad on Friday. Pic/Getty Images
When the teams line up for the toss here on Friday morning, it won’t merely be Shubman Gill who will be looking over his shoulder. Shreyas Iyer is fast approaching that point when, unless meaningful runs flow off his bat, he could find his place in the Test XI under threat.
Not without justification is Iyer regarded as one of India’s better players of the turning ball. Having played loads of domestic cricket—he didn’t break into the Test side until November 2021— and therefore honed his craft on different pitches against a variety of spinners, Iyer’s softness of hands and deftness of feet have been wonderful allies. In recent times, though, he has hit a trough.
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