Team India batter Shreyas Iyer is gearing up for the second Test match against England, which is set to take place from Friday, February 2 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. He had a poor outing in the first Test of the series at Hyderabad.
Shreyas Iyer has been struggling to get enough runs under his belt of late. He got a start in the first test, but couldn’t build on it. He managed 35 and 13 in the test match. Shreyas has averaged less than 20 in Test cricket since 2023. However, he looked determined during the net session ahead of the second Test.
The right-handed batter took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to share pictures of him from the net session. He also looked in great spirits. Sharing them on ‘X’, he wrote, “Head down, focus up. 🇮🇳”
Head down, focus up. 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/hJDDjl4heW
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) February 1, 2024
India batting coach backs under-fire batters, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill
Team India batting Coach Vikram Rathour has backed under-fire players Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill ahead of the second Test against England. He expressed that they need to be patient with the two players. He added that it is just a matter of time before the duo gets back amongst runs. Vikram Rathour said,
“There are young batters in our team who have not played much Test cricket. So, we need to be a bit patient with them. Batters like (Shubman) Gill, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal and (Shreyas) Iyer will eventually start getting big runs, I’m sure of it.”
India lost the first test of the series by 28 runs at Hyderabad, despite taking a first-innings lead of 190 runs. They failed to chase down 231, getting bowled out for 202 runs, and handing England a memorable and historic win. The visitors are one up in the five-match test series after the first Test.
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