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Improving Shreyas Iyer’s Defensive Skills in Test Cricket: Insights from Former India Batsman | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer, who is now under fire, received guidance from former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar to improve his defensive skills in order to succeed in Test cricket.Iyer has been left out of the squad for the last three Test matches against England despite having a strong long-format history. Iyer has been finding it difficult to score in Tests.Iyer has only scored 187 runs in 12 innings at an average of 17:00 in his last seven Test matches, with a top score of just 35.Speaking in a video by ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar said that Iyer first has to decide as to which formats he is going to try excelling in.BCCI unveils new squad for remaining 3 tests against England, Virat Kohli to miss out"Iyer has to decide which are the formats he is going to try and excel...
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Shreyas Iyer Unfazed by Exclusion from Afghanistan T20I Series and England Test Series | Cricket News – Times of India

Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer acknowledges fight for Test spot, gears up for England series with productive Ranji outing for MumbaiMUMBAI: Post Mumbai's comfortable win over Andhra on Monday, Shreyas Iyer spent around two hours in the nets to continue his preparation for the England Test series.During the time he spent in the middle-on the same BKC pitch where the match was played-he mostly faced Mumbai spinners Tanush Kotian, an off-spinner who is an established member of the team, Atharva Ankolekar, a left-arm spinner who made his First-Class debut in the last match against Bihar, and throwdown specialists. The idea to practice on a used wicket was in the anticipation of encountering turning conditions in the five-match series against the Three Lions which starts with the first Te...
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Watch: Shreyas Iyer’s superb diving catch in World Cup match against New Zealand – Times of India

NEW DELHI: It won't be an understatement to say that the fielding standards of the Indian cricket team have gone up significantly. And with the best fielder's medal being presented after every match, Indian cricketers have an added incentive to go full throttle for dives and diving catches.Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul have won the medal for taking superb catches in previous matches. And on Sunday in the World Cup match against New Zealand in Dharamsala, Shreyas Iyer became one of the contenders for the medal.Mohammed Siraj justified his captain Rohit Sharma's decision to ask New Zealand to bat first by dismissing Devon Conway in his second over, the fourth of the match, and that too for a duck.Siraj pitched a delivery up on the pads of Conway who played a glance towards mid...
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Asia Cup: How Shreyas Iyer’s 199 sealed his comeback bid | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: It was a superb 199-run knock that Shreyas Iyer hit in a practice tie in Bangalore which convinced the selectors that the middle-order batsman was now fit and ready for a comeback into Team India for the Asia Cup.Iyer was a part of the Indian team for all the three formats before a serious back injury, which required surgery in England, ruled him out of international cricket since March."He smashed the bowlers at the National Cricket Academy, scoring 199 in a practice tie. To provide the selectors with more evidence of his fitness, he then fielded for the entire 50 overs of that match, which was held at the Just Cricket Academy in Bangalore 3-4 days back," a reliable source in the BCCI told TOI.While much was known about the progress KL Rahul was making after his injury, since t...
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Ajinkya Rahane brings in a lot of experience and proven overseas performance: Rahul Dravid | Cricket News – Times of India

Recalled batter gets head coach Rahul Dravid's backing for Oval Test and beyondIt is believed that head coach Rahul Dravid was instrumental in sending the message to senior pro and former India skipper Ajinkya Rahane that he was not scoring enough runs to justify a spot at No. 5 in India's middle-order. Having been a proud occupant of that spot himself and having seen luminaries like Mohammed Azharuddin, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly notch up staggering numbers there, an average of 22.60 over a two-year period couldn't have passed muster.Hence, Rahane wasn't given the chance to resurrect himself or his batting form in the two-match Test series vs Sri Lanka at home in 2022 and was dropped. He went to the Ranji Trophy as told, scored 634 runs from 11 innings while leading Mumbai, but was ...
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Holy grail: The representatives of the various franchises pose in front of the IPL Trophy. | Photo Credit: IPL Things come thick and fast in Indian sport these days. In the 89 days since the turn of the year, the nation has played host to a stunning array of top-draw sporting events.There were 15 limited-overs cricket matches against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Women’s Premier League, Tata Open Maharashtra ATP 250, Hockey World Cup, Boxing World Championships, India Open badminton and Indian Open golf to name a few. No longer seasonalGone are the days when sport was a pastime, a touristy affair to be enjoyed seasonally. It is now a 24/7/365 enterprise, with an ever-growing list of competitions waiting to be shoehorned into the calendar. Yet...
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I like to turn a deaf ear to criticism and keep things simple. Ignorance is bliss, says Shreyas Iyer | Cricket News – Times of India

Shreyas Iyer talks to TOI about coping with criticism, honing his skills & how he and Ashwin steered India to safety in Mirpur...Unlike most cricket fans who were navigating through insane Mumbai traffic enroute to the Wankhede to watch the thrilling first T20I between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday, India's most consistent ODI batter from last year, and the hero of the Test win in Mirpur in December along with R Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer, was busy finding a cricket ground to practise. After an exhausting net session and an arduous drive back to his residence in Parel, Iyer caught up with TOI for a freewheeling chat.Excerpts from an interview:It feels strange that there is an international match happening in Mumbai today and one of India's young white-ball stars is not featuring in it?It...