After Shreyas Iyer once again fouls out to short ball. Twitter insults him with the phrase “Shuru hote hi khatam ho gaya.” In the third T20I against New Zealand at McLean Park in Napier. Which would decide the series. Shreyas Iyer is struck out without posing a threat to the scorer.
Shreyas Iyer returned to the dugout for a golden duck on Tuesday, November 22, during the series-deciding third T20I between India and New Zealand at McLean Park in Napier. Tim Southee, a former KKR teammate from the IPL 2022, expertly exploited his weakness in the critical game that ended in his second defeat.
Both of the Indian team’s openers, Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan, were out, forcing them to chase a reasonable total of 161 to win the series. In the third over, Shreyas Iyer add to the batting order. Iyer had multiple chances to prepare and hit the game-winning shot, but it was not to be.
A second short ball is not successfully tackled by Shreyas Iyer.
Tim Southee, 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 attempt 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 expertly gathered the ball at first slip by showing wonderful 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 finish 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 become worse. He was out in a similar way during the fifth Test match against England that was postpon in July. And he showed no signs of improvement in the opportunities he was given after that.
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