In the ongoing Caribbean tour, the Indian youngster Shreyas Iyer has impressed with his batting performances in the tough situations. After the third and final ODI of this series, Iyer has claimed that he wants to bat in the tough and nervous situation.
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The 24-year-old Shreyas Iyer was also in the T20I squad of this tour. However, the team management had never selected him for that T20I series. But he got opportunities in all the three matches of the ODI series in this tour.
The first ODI of this series at Providence was his first international game since February 2018. However, he didn’t get an opportunity in that game due to the rain-interruption as it had no result.
In the second ODI of this series at Port of Spain, Iyer scored a crucial 71-run off 68 balls with five fours and only six. Captain Virat Kohli‘s century and Iyer’s brilliant performance helped India to manage 279/7 (50 overs). Later, India won that match by 59 runs in DLS method.
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In the third ODI at Port of Spain, Iyer joined Virat Kohli when India were struggling on 92/3 in the chase of 255 runs in 35 overs. Along with the skipper, Iyer batted calmly in that pressure situation and stretched the team to the safe zone. The right-handed batsman scored 65 runs off 41 balls (three fours and five sixes). He had a game-changing 120-run partnership with Kohli for the fourth wicket. Once again, that innings helped India to comfortably win the third ODI as India won by six wickets (with 15 balls remaining) in DLS method.
I am very happy – Shreyas Iyer
After that game, Shreyas Iyer spoke to the Chahal TV. In that conversation with Yuzvendra Chahal, Iyer revealed that he wanted to bat in a tough situation when the dressing room felt nervous.
Iyer said, “I am very happy. I want to come out to bat in this kind of tough situation when everybody in the dressing room is nervous. I love it because the (complexion of the) match can change and anything can happen in the team position.”
With that solid victory, India won this ODI series too by the 2-0 margin. At the end of this ODI series, Iyer finished as the second most run-scorer for India and third most run-scorer in this series. In this series, he scored 136 runs in two innings with an average of 68.00.