Team India head coach Rahul Dravid asserted that Shreyas Iyer’s temperament is the one thing that stood out about him. Iyer has regained his mojo in the last couple of matches with fine knocks against Sri Lanka and England. He batted at the crucial number 4 position which was an area of concern for Team India during the last ODI World Cup.
It was not an easy road to the World Cup for Iyer as he entered the tournament after a long injury lay-off. He passed the fitness Test with a fine century against Australia before the World Cup.
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Dravid talked highly of Iyer and said he gets the best out of himself under pressure situations.
“He brings temperament. I think one of the things Shreyas has shown us is right from the time that I have seen him as sort of an India A, he came and played India A when I was coaching those days. And I think one of the things that’s really stood out about him is temperament, the way he handles success, failure. You just look at even some of his knocks under pressure, how he’s able to actually bring the best out of himself under those pressure situations,” Dravid said in the press conference.
Meanwhile, Iyer struggled a bit against bouncers in the tournament and got out on short balls on a couple of occasions in attempt to play counter-attacking shots.
Dravid suggested that there is no complete batter and there’s always some area to improve.
“So, it’s about, you can go on about, everyone will have areas that they need to work on and need to improve, it’s not – someone might have some other area, there’s no complete batsman who can say that I can, I know everything or I’m very good at everything? I mean, it’s, you always going to need areas to improve. But in the end of the day, you have to be judged by the results you produce. And the runs you score and when you score them,” he added.
Dravid further pointed out the innings where Iyer stood up for the team in a crucial situation to rescue them with his critical knocks.
“And I think Shreyas, one of the things that does stand out. Look at some of his test innings, look at how he started his Test debut. Look at some of the critical knocks he’s played for us. Even in the two years that I’ve been here, I mean, Bangladesh, you know that game, under extreme pressure, who’s the guy who stands up,” he added.
Dravid backed Iyer and said it may not work out well for him but when he gets going he made sure to make an impact.
“Ash and Shreyas, guys like that who incredible temperament, incredible strength of mind, and I think that’s, that’s what has held him in really good stead. He’s terrific temperamentally. So, when someone like him does well, you know he’s going to make big contributions. It may not always work out, but when it does, you know someone like him is going to make a big play,” he added.
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