Leaving the ball would bore me

Indian middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer has said that leaving the ball in Exams “bores” him as he prefers enjoying his pictures even in opposition to detrimental bowling.

The correct-handed batter’s feedback got here after Mumbai’s 10-wicket win over Andhra Pradesh within the Ranji Trophy. He bought just one probability to bat within the sport and scored a run-a-ball 48 with the help of seven fours whereas batting at No. 5.

Even when Andhra bowlers went brief in opposition to him from across the wicket or bowled large off the stumps, which he known as “negative”, Shreyas performed his pictures.

“I’m going to play attacking irrespective of the situation,” he advised reporters after the match. “And also when you bowl negative, when you bowl safe and defensive at the start, you want to score runs and you need to take your team through up to a certain point. So that was my mindset and that’s why stuck with. Yeah, I was happy irrespective of the score.”

“[As] I said, they were bowling defensive and they didn’t let me play to my strengths. Even though they started with the short balls, I was able to execute them for boundaries and get a lot of runs out of it. Again, they were bowling negative so there was literally no scope to…other than leaving the ball I couldn’t have done much. I knew that leaving the ball would, to be honest, bore me. I would rather go and play some strokes. That’s what I considered at that point of time,” he added.

Having been dropped from India’s T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan, Shreyas joined Mumbai for the premier home red-ball event. He did not communicate concerning the snub straight and simply mentioned he needed to remain within the second and assist Mumbai win and never take into consideration choices as they weren’t in his management.

His subsequent large task can be the five-match Take a look at collection in opposition to England. Shreyas admitted that the pitch for the match in opposition to Andhra on the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy wasn’t as large a turner as India would anticipate for the Exams.

Nonetheless, he mentioned that it was vital for him to spend extra time batting and on the sector after a few harm lay-offs just lately. This was additionally Shreyas’ first Ranji Trophy sport in over 5 years.

“I love competition” – Shreyas Iyer

Current studies have recommended that India would look to carry a specialist wicketkeeper, likely KS Bharat, for the Exams and use KL Rahul solely as a batter.

This may pit Rahul in direct competitors with Shreyas Iyer, who did not have a very good Take a look at collection in South Africa, for only one middle-order spot.

“It’s fun. I love competition, and when competition is there, you face more challenges. And that’s what I thrive on personally. So I enjoy having competition around because then you can go at each other and also against the opponents to show your talent and skills,” Shreyas said.

The India-England Take a look at collection begins on January 25 in Hyderabad.