Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer feels that Shreyas Iyer should improve his batting skills against fast bowling and short-pitch bowling. He added that the right-handed batter’s spot will be up for grabs once Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav come back into the team.
Shreyas Iyer has had a decent run for India so far in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa. He is the second leading run-scorer for the team, with 90 runs in three matches. However, his weakness against fast and short-pitch bowling has been a concern. With the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 edition all set to take place in Australia, Shreyas Iyer’s weakness is likely to be exploited.
Speaking to the Espncricinfo, Wasim Jaffer highlighted Shreyas Iyer’s troubles. He expressed that the 27-year-old needs to improve his game against fast and short-pitch bowling. Wasim Jaffer said,
“Shreyas Iyer is batting at No. 3 and you always have expectations from your top-order players because (they) get to play more overs. In the last match, it was a very good (opening) partnership and you (Iyer) try to play more shots than usual to continue that momentum and take your team to the score of 190-200.”
“But yes… he needs to be a bit better against fast bowling because they bowl short against him. The T20 World Cup is in Australia where there will be bounce and it won’t be easy to score runs square of the wicket on the big grounds. He needs to focus on that and improve a bit.”
“… His spot will always be up for grabs when Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav return to the team. But for now, he needs to play well in the next two matches for India to win the series,” Jaffer added.
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We may not see too many changes: Wasim Jaffer On India’s playing XI for the fourth T20I
The Indian team registered a 48 runs victory on Tuesday against South Africa in the T20I at Visakhapatnam. They are still trailing 2-1 in the five-match T20I series. Speaking about India’s probable playing XI for the fourth T20I, Wasim Jaffer reckons that there may not be any changes.
The former India cricketer expressed that the Indian team is likely to stick to the winning combination. He said:
“Avesh Khan is the only one in the Indian team who hasn’t got a wicket and has proven to be a bit expensive. But considering India didn’t make a change after losing two games, I don’t think we’ll see any changes in this match as well. Rahul Dravid and Rishabh Pant maybe want to continue with the winning combination. A new incoming player would be playing a game after a long time so you can’t expect a lot from him.”
“Had India won the series already, we might have seen some changes but this is a very important match to win for the series and we may not see too many changes,” he added.
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