Cricket News: During the third T20I, which would decide the series, between India and New Zealand on Tuesday, November 22, at McLean Park in Napier, Shreyas Iyer made his way back to the dugout for a golden duck. Tim Southee, who had played under him for KKR in the IPL 2022, skillfully exploited his weakness in the crucial game that once again caused his demise.
After the Indian side lost openers Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan, they were left to chase a manageable total of 161 in order to win the series. Shreyas Iyer entered the batting order in the third over. Iyer had every opportunity to prepare himself and play a game-winning shot, but it was not to be.
Once again, Shreyas Iyer fails to make a tackle on the short ball.
Tim Southee, the acting captain, chose to immediately attack Iyer’s weakness on the third over’s final delivery. He accurately bowled a short ball that went around the off-stump line. The hitter attempted to steer the ball that was dangerously close to his body, but he appeared to have no idea what he was doing.
Unfortunately for him, the connection wasn’t all that strong because James Neesham brilliantly collected the ball at first slip by showing great presence of mind and taking a well-timed catch. The Mumbai cricketer took a long step back in disbelief as Southee was now on a hat-trick.
Since the IPL 2022, Shreyas has struggled against the short ball. The 28-year-old appeared to be in the running for the recently finished ICC T20 World Cup in Australia after some outstanding batting displays in the home series against Sri Lanka earlier this year.
However, as the month went on, Shreyas Iyer’s inability to handle the short ball only continued to get worse. He was out in a similar way during the fifth Test match against England that was postponed in July, and he showed no signs of improvement in the opportunities he was given after that.
The Twitterati responded to Shreyas Iyer’s struggles with the short ball as follows:
Shreyas Iyer thinks ONLY about the short ball even before the delivery is bowled, he can’t continue in the team like this. Embarrassing.
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) November 22, 2022
Sanju Samson fans watching Rishabh Pant, flat pitch bully Shreyas Iyer & Ishan Kishan getting selected ahead of him in T20 despite countless opportunities & failures!#NZvsIND #RishabhPant #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/W4bRzmUkT1
— Vishal Verma (@VishalVerma_9) November 22, 2022
shreyas iyer's strategy for facing short balls is just closing his eyes and yelling jai Maharashtra
— × (@ffsvirat) November 22, 2022
#Shreyas Iyer is just a pro TikTok version of #KLRahul
— pR@t$_PD (@Prats_PD) November 22, 2022
#NZvsIND
Golden duck for Shreyas Iyer.
Yuzi Chahal: pic.twitter.com/211z56Ritf— Jaadu (@_jaadu_) November 22, 2022
Golden duck for Shreyas Iyer.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 22, 2022
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