Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 18, 2024, 00:02 IST
IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer (X/KKR)
Shreyas Iyer didn’t look snug on the crease with the bat as he made simply 22 of 19 balls earlier than getting stumped.
After a hole of over three months, middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer made a reasonably edgy return to T20 format whereas taking part in in an inhouse observe match of Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.
Shreyas, who is about to steer KKR in IPL 2024, hardly appeared snug in the center whereas registering 22 of 19 balls earlier than getting stumped by Phil Salt off a native left-arm spinner.
Shreyas, who final performed a T20 in December 2023, towards Australia in Bengaluru, was overwhelmed exterior the off-stump in the very first ball he confronted from pacer Andre Russell.
In the very subsequent ball, he glanced Russell for a 4 however the right-hander by no means actually discovered his bearings throughout his stint in the center.
Usually snug towards spinners, Shreyas on at the present time appeared all at sea towards leg-spinner Suyansh Sharma who managed to beat him with some sharp flip.
The 29-year-old ultimately acquired out when he tried to shimmy down the observe and loft the spinner. He fully missed the ball and Englishman Salt did the remaining behind the stumps.
The match performed was between KKR Team Gold and KKR Team Purple, for whom Shreyas got here out to bat.
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Shreyas can be hoping to raised his efforts in the approaching days as a good outing in this version of the IPL is obligatory for him to stay inside selectors’ radar after lacking out on BCCI’s central contract together with Ishan Kishan.
It could also be recalled that Shreyas was not thought-about for choice for the house T20I collection towards Afghanistan in January regardless of him making a 37-ball 53 towards the Aussies on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
However, Shreyas had made a fluent 111-ball 95 for Mumbai in the latest Ranji Trophy remaining towards Vidarbha on the Wankhede Stadium.
Mitchell Starc, the report purchase in final IPL public sale, will be part of the KKR squad on Monday.
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