India batter Shreyas Iyer, who performed a strong hand within the first T20I, was additionally ready to return in and bowl. He added that he even ‘put his hand up’ and let the vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah know that he can run in and roll over his arms if the scenario demanded. However, with an abundance of bowlers within the staff, Shreyas by no means received the chance. As many as seven bowlers had been used as India beat Sri Lanka by 62 runs. These included: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja and Deepak Hooda.
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“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 have to bowl. I attempted to bribe Bumrah nevertheless it didn’t work for me (laughs),” he said in the post-match presentation.
Although, Iyer admitted that the start to his unbeaten knock of 57 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka was slow but the conditions on the field weren’t easy to negotiate. At one point, Iyer was 17 off 14 balls. But in the next 14 balls, Iyer made a whirlwind 40 runs to put a nice finishing touch to India’s score of 199, setting the base for a 62-run victory.
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“My start was slow but it wasn’t easy. But once my eye got in, and once I got a boundary, I thought I would keep going. Ishan (Kishan) wasn’t able to time (in the middle overs) and he too was losing patience, so I told him to take his time and then he again started timing well. I just told him to take his time, look for twos and threes,” stated Iyer after the match.
Talking in regards to the plan whereas batting with Kishan, Iyer emphasised on strike rotation at an enormous floor. “Our plan was to hit the pockets, initially that’s what we did, and issues got here out fairly effectively for us. It’s an enormous floor, particularly after enjoying at Eden Gardens. We had deliberate to run numerous twos and ultimately our each plan got here off.”
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