Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer played a rollicking knock against England in the first T20I on Friday. He scored a 48-ball 67 which helped India post a 124-run total after witnessing a horrible top-order collapse.
India’s total wasn’t enough to challenge England as the visitors chased down the target with eight wickets and 33 balls in hand.
Iyer, who usually comes at No 4, batted a position down as the team management decided to promote Rishabh Pant ahead of him. While addressing the post-match virtual press-conference, Iyer spoke about the change in his batting position.
“Coming into the Indian team, you have to be flexible with which batting position you will be batting. I haven't made any changes, it is just the mindset, what the team requires and batted according to the situation,” Iyer said.
“I have been in this situation before, been there in IPL, it is not the first time. I knew I will get odd boundaries, and momentum changes if get a partnership and then batters dominate bowlers, so from that point of view, their bowlers bowled well. It was their day and kudos to them,” Iyer said.
Iyer further mentioned that India will continue to play with more freedom but need to focus on executing the plans properly as they look to tick all the boxes in the run-up to the T20 World Cup.