India vs SL 1st T20: Shreyas Iyer reveals ‘every plan came off’ with Ishan Kishan in Lucknow

Shreyas Iyer also said that he had tried to coax vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah into giving him an over to try his part-time leg-spin in the 1st T20 against Sri Lanka. 

Team India batter and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that the start to his unbeaten knock of 57 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka was slow but the conditions on the field weren’t easy to negotiate. At one point, Iyer was 17 off 14 balls. But in the next 14 balls, Iyer made a whirlwind 40 runs to put a nice finishing touch to India`s score of 199, setting the base for a 62-run victory.

“My start was slow but it wasn’t easy. But once my eye got in, and once I got a boundary, I thought I would keep going. Ishan (Kishan) wasn’t able to time (in the middle overs) and he too was losing patience, so I told him to take his time and then he again started timing well. I just told him to take his time, look for twos and threes,” said Iyer after the match.

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Talking about the plan while batting with Kishan, Iyer emphasised on strike rotation at a big ground. “Our plan was to hit the pockets, initially that’s what we did, and things came out pretty well for us. It’s a huge ground, especially after playing at Eden Gardens. We had planned to run a lot of twos and eventually our every plan came off.”