Aakash Chopra has applauded Shreyas Iyer for keeping his ego aside and playing at various batting orders as per the team's demands in the T20I series against Sri Lanka.
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Former India opener turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded Shreyas Iyer for keeping his ego aside and playing at various batting orders as per the team’s demands in the T20I series against Sri Lanka. Iyer smashed an unbeaten 73 off just 45 deliveries to help Team India chased down a 147-run target with ease in the third and final T20I. It was his third consecutive unbeaten fifty of the series as well.
While reviewing the game in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra picked up Shreyas Iyer as his Player of the Match. He added: “My Player of the Match has to be Shreyas Iyer one more time. He takes the backseat if someone is hitting from the other end and dominates whenever required. The chances he is taking are also all calculated risks and is happy taking singles, there is no ego.”
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The famous cricketer-turned-commentator has opined on the fact that Iyer has started every innings from scratch. Chopra explained: “He has been absolutely incredible. The way he is batting and the best thing I liked is that when you are in good form, you are your biggest enemy because along with the confidence, you are also taking the runs forward.”
Shreyas Iyer scored 204 runs in the three-match series and remained unbeaten in all three games. It was the most runs scored by an Indian cricketer in a three-match bilateral T20I series as well. And, Aakash Chopra again added that Iyer did not try to play an aggressive shot also. And, he also believes Shreyas Iyer’s outstanding performance will give a sweet headache to the Indian selectors and team management as well.
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He observed: “You feel that you will hit every ball for a four – ‘I had hit the same bowler on the same pitch in the last match, let me just take a chance.’ But he is not doing that at all. He plays every ball on its merit.”
“Playing on merit doesn’t mean that he is playing slowly. He is also showing that a good technique does not bind him but liberates him. We saw him playing with a different temperament in every match,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
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