Finished The Match I Was Asked To Play: Shreyas Iyer Breaks Silence On Snub From India Squad vs Afghanistan

finished the match i was asked to play: shreyas iyer breaks silence on snub from india squad vs afghanistan

ind vs afgh finished the match i was asked to play: shreyas iyer breaks silence on snub from india squad vs afghanistan

Shreyeas Iyer was among those to miss out on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s return to the Indian T20I team as he was dropped from the squad to face Afghanistan in the ongoing three-match T20I series. Shreyas had made a comeback to the Indian shortest format team for the last two games of the Australia series and got a half-century in the 5th T20I, but did not play a single game in South Africa despite being part of the squad.

Speaking on his snub from the India T20I team for the Afghanistan series, Shreyas revealed he only wants to focus on the present. The 29-year-old stated that he was asked to play the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai.

“See, right now I’m being in the present. I’ve finished the match which I was asked to play, I came, and I executed, so I’m happy with what I’m doing. Something that is not in my control, I can’t be focusing on that. Coming here and winning the match was my focus, and that’s what we did today,” said Shreyas to Cricbuzz on the sidelines of the Ranji Trophy clash.

Shreyas narrowly missed out on India’s T20 World Cup squads in 2021 and 2022 and part of the travelling reserves. With his latest snub, it seems unlikely that he will be part of the team set to play the mega tournament in West Indies and the USA later this month.

Ahead of the upcoming five-match Test series against England, Shreyas made it clear that he would adopt an aggressive style of batting, irrespective of the situation. Shreyas made a quick-fire knock of 48 for Mumbai against Andhra.

“I am going to play attacking irrespective of the situation. When you bowl negative, when you (they) bowl safe and defensive at the start (what can you do). You want to score runs and you need to take your team through up to a certain point. That was my mindset and that’s what I stuck with. I was happy (with the performance) irrespective of the score,” said Shreyas.

Shreyas revealed that he played his first Ranji Trophy match in five years in order to focus on his match fitness and conceded that he has found it tough to stay on the field for long periods following his recovery from injury.

“Well, it wasn’t a turning track, to be honest. But other than that it was just for my match fitness to stay on the field as long as possible. That’s what mainly I was focusing on because especially after my injury, it has been tough for me to stick on the wicket and on the outfield for long. So this was a great practice for me after five years (he was playing a Ranji game after five years),” Shreayas stated.

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