Flamboyant India batter Shreyas Iyer has opened up on enjoying below KL Rahul’s management earlier this 12 months on a South Africa tour. Iyer has grow to be an integral a part of the Indian cricket staff in all three codecs after his constant performances up to now 12 months. In the just lately concluded T20I sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka, Iyer slammed 57*, 74* and 73* in three video games was named Player of the Series. He replicated his kind within the Test sequence in opposition to Lanka the place he scored twin fifties within the 2nd Test to assist India clinch the sequence.
Talking about enjoying below Rahul’s management, Iyer heaped praises on the Indian opener for his calm manner and instinctive determination making.
“It was nice to play under him,” Iyer stated of Rahul. “Firstly, he’s an excellent participant. The confidence he carries on the sphere and within the staff conferences, the help that he offers to the gamers it nice. He’s bought a really calm manner and his on-field determination making may be very instinctive. I actually loved enjoying below him,” Iyer said on Red Bull Cricket Room on Clubhouse.
The stylish batter further remembered that Rahul gave him the chance to roll his arms during the South Africa ODI which makes him his favourite captain.
“Also, he gave me three overs of bowling, which none of the captains previously had done. So yeah, he’s my favourite captain!” he added.
Iyer has typically proven curiosity to assist the staff as a part-time spinner as he additionally tried to persuade stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah to permit him to bowl throughout Sri Lanka T20I.
“I had already put my hand up (for a bowl). Around the sixteenth over when he (Rohit) went it he had already informed Bumrah these are the bowlers who must bowl. I attempted to bribe Bumrah but it surely didn’t work for me (laughs),” he had said in the post-match presentation.
Meanwhile, Iyer himself will lead two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming season of IPL. Iyer joined KKR this season after spending 7 years at Delhi Capitals and straightaway the two-time IPL champions named him their captain after splashing huge money to sign him for a whopping INR 12.25 crore.
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