Shreyas Iyer smashed 82 runs towards Sri Lanka. (AP Image)
Shreyas Iyer tackled the spin nicely by counter-attacking them which allowed Virat Kohli to play his pure sport.
Former India cricket Mohammad Kaif heaped reward on flamboyant middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer and mentioned he’s one of the best participant of spin bowling in the present Indian staff. Iyer has regained kind after a shaky begin to the World Cup as he scored back-to-back half-centuries in the final couple of matches. The middle-order batter made a valiant contribution of 77 runs towards South Africa on Sunday at a difficult Eden Gardens floor.
Iyer rebuilt the Indian innings alongside Virat Kohli because the duo shared a vital 134-run stand for the third wicket because the hosts posted a difficult 326/5 on the scoreboard.
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Iyer tackled the spin nicely by counter-attacking them which allowed Kohli to play his pure sport.
Kaif, who has labored with Iyer throughout their stints with Delhi Capitals, mentioned that hitting spinners for boundaries is the power of India’s quantity 4 batter.
“He plays spin exceptionally well. I have worked with him in the IPL. In my opinion, no one plays spin better than him in this team because he takes single and doubles as well, and hits sixes straight down the ground. We saw him hitting a 106-meter six in the last match at the Wankhede. In the middle overs, when spin creates pressure with dot balls, he finds boundaries there. That is his strength,” mentioned Kaif.
The former batter lauded Iyer’s batting to attain towards the spinners and mentioned he scored boundaries from finish at common intervals towards South Africa regardless of the spinners getting the help from the floor.
“No matter how good the bowlers are in the middle, the runs don’t stop from his willow. Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj were there but he kept on dancing down the track and hitting boundaries and kept putting pressure on the bowlers,” Kaif added.
“He made batting slightly easier for Virat because when he wasn’t getting boundaries in the middle, Shreyas Iyer was hitting boundaries there. So he relieved the pressure slightly on Virat’s batting,” mentioned Kaif.
