Kevin Pietersen criticizes Shreyas | In the second Test
Before under-edging a planned cut to the wicketkeeper off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, Iyer made 27 off 59 balls.
Shreyas Iyer’s batting was harshly criticized by former England batsman Kevin Pietersen, who called his blow “sloppy” and said, “I want people in my dressing room that are more hungry than that.”
“Listen, these are the days these guys are going to look back and say, ‘oh why did I not make a hundred?’ when Kohli and other guys [KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja] come back. I was able to obtain the hundred’. And leaving doesn’t impress me at all when you’re so careless,” Pietersen stated on Jio Cinema.
You truly need to seize the game by the scruff of the neck and declare that you won’t let go of it. With Shreyas, I have to admit that everything feels a little too sloppy. The word is sloppy.
Before under-edging a planned cut to the wicketkeeper off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, Iyer made 27 off 59 balls. It was an obvious jab at his peculiar strategy against spin and pace.
James Anderson delivered a few of overs full of bouncers against him with guys in the deep on a sluggish ground that was ideal for batting.
Iyer tried to flat-bat it to the off side, but he changed his approach and began to shuffle outside leg instead of pulling them and keeping the ball down. It didn’t seem genuine. He almost dragged it on his stumps off an inside edge the first time he attempted it. A few players from England, Ollie Pope among them, grinned with laughter.
Then Iyer attempted the shuffling technique once more against spinners, against whom he is normally fluent. He would shuffle outside leg to Hartley, then return to his starting position to push the balls away or defend. Pietersen was displeased by this and brought it up in his tea-time conversation with the broadcasters.
He jogs his leg out to the leg side when facing the bowler and then turns back to simply protect the ball. You go to demonstrate more than just your physical prowess.
This (gestures the leg-side shuffling movement) does not put the strain on the bowler if you really want to make a run and put pressure on them. It has no effect on the bowler. You need to be more determined.
Pietersen responded sharply when the host questioned whether the purpose of the shuffles, as seen in the replays, was to perhaps agitate the bowler.
How come you’re acting that way on this wicket? What’s the purpose of doing that, is my question. You are losing your stumps as a hitter and making things worse for yourself. This here does nothing for me; I feel more at ease if you are approaching the bowler.
As Iyer had anticipated, the dismissal delivery had appeared innocuous, with a short outside off bounce. He attempted a cut, but Ben Foakes deftly dipped his gloved hands to bag a crisp catch, edging it behind.
He is capable of making some really nice shots. However, the gentle dismissals are appalling. Pietersen stated, “You have to be hungry and have drive to play this kind of cricket.
And I’m afraid to say it’s sloppy when you get out the way he got out. I was not impressed by today’s innings at all. Since I like to have more hungry individuals in my dressing room than that.
Shubman Gill too failed to capitalize on the opportunity, falling for 36 due to his previous inability to transfer weight. He was delivered a string of length balls by James Anderson, which tail-ended around the off stump line before pushing one out wider. Instead of gliding out, Gill gave it a solid shove, pushed the bat away from the body, and edged it.
For the third Test at Rajkot, it is anticipated that KL Rahul and Virat Kohli will return.
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen was very critical of Shreyas Iyer’s batting, calling it “sloppy” and saying that his team’s batsmen should be more hungry.
“Listen, these are the days these guys are going to look back and say, ‘oh why did I not make a hundred?’ when Kohli and other guys [KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja] come back. I was able to obtain the hundred’. And leaving doesn’t impress me at all when you’re so careless,” Pietersen stated on Jio Cinema.
You truly need to seize the game by the scruff of the neck and declare that you won’t let go of it. With Shreyas, I have to admit that everything feels a little too sloppy. The word is sloppy.
Before under-edging a planned cut to the wicketkeeper off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, Iyer made 27 off 59 balls. It was an obvious jab at his peculiar strategy against spin and pace.
