New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson calls for improvement after 1st T20I loss to India
Cricket | January 24, 2020 17:12 ISTNew Zealand failed to defend a mammoth score of 203 as India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets with an over to spare in Auckland.
New Zealand failed to defend a mammoth score of 203 as India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets with an over to spare in Auckland.
Shreyas Iyer top-scored for India with a brilliant 58* as India chased down the target of 204 with an over to spare.
Shreyas Iyer has been a regular in India's middle-order after the World Cup but hasn't scored big runs consistently enough.
Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer said that communication with Virat Kohli during the third ODI helped him relieve pressure.
Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur were also handed BCCI annual central contracts on Thursday.
India's middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer stressed that one should be ready to bat anywhere in the current situation.
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has cautioned the side over the changes in batting order during the first ODI against Australia.
Almost 87 per cent of Kohli's total runs and 84 per cent of his total ODI centuries have been scored at No.3 at a staggering average of 63.39. Should he still bat at No.4?
The 25-year-old is gradually settling into the critical number four position in a team that has struggled to find one for the longest time.
During the 47th over of the innings, Pant and Iyer took the charge over Roston Chase to slam 31 runs from it, courtsey four massive sixes from the right-handed batsman.
India might have lost the match, by eight wickets in Chennai, but that middle-order stand between the two youngsters after a top-order failure was surely a big positive for the management.
Shimron Hetmyer ended with a record-scripting 139 runs while being ably assisted by another centurion, Shai Hope as the pair stitched an impressive 200-plus partnership to guide West Indies to an eight-wicket win in Chennai
Former India captain Anil Kumble said that India should stick to Shreyas Iyer at No.4 in ODIs as he is a quality batsman.
Kevin Pietersen has advised Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer to focus on his off-side batting in the nets.
Iyer made his India debut in November 2017 with a T20 International against New Zealand and in the following month, played in his maiden ODI series, scoring back-to-back half centuries in the home rubber against Sri Lanka.
Ability to build, impeccable timing, strong footwork and a calm head - Shreyas Iyer has shown all signs to seal the number 4 spot in the Indian middle order.
Iyer will have to be one of the "finishers" in case team's top two batsmen skipper Virat Kohli and deputy Rohit Sharma are dismissed cheaply.
In the challenge, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul were asked to compete for 30 seconds and whosoever performs the maximum number of times would win it.
Shreyas then said that Dube hits the bigger sixes between the two. Chahal then asked Dube if his sixes are bigger than his own, which brought a laugh from the left-hander.
Ravi Shastri gave a cheeky answer to the question, which never goes away: 'Who should be India's next No.4 in limited-overs cricket?'
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