With his vulnerability towards the quick ball coming to the fore as soon as once more, India quantity 4 Shreyas Iyer skilled with the intention of overcoming his longstanding struggles forward of the Cricket World Cup 2023 recreation towards Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Thursday. None of the top-order weapons — captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill — had been in attendance for the non-obligatory session. Iyer versus the quick ball was the focus. The staff’s famed bowling assault, which delivered a wonderful 100-run victory over England final Sunday, additionally opted for relaxation.

Perched on the prime of the World Cup factors desk and with a spot within the semifinals nearly sealed for Rohit and Co, it’s only crucial that the staff retains ironing out the areas of concern alongside the best way.

Iyer’s troubles towards the quick ball, mixed with the shortage of massive scores as the popular No 4, is actually one thing that the staff administration and the participant need to overcome and it was evident so far as his strategy to the session on Tuesday was involved.

The right-handed batter, who’s again to his homeground that he shares with skipper Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav and Shardul Thakur on this Indian squad for the World Cup, confronted loads of quick balls from throwdown specialists within the session that lasted for practically two hours beneath the solar.

While he did face some native internet bowlers to start with, the main target level of the session quickly was having Iyer going through innumerable quick balls hurled at him by India’s throwdown specialists D Raghavendra, the left-handed Sri Lankan Nuwan Seneviratne and batting coach Vikram Rathour together with a number of others.

Having lengthy batting stints on both aspect of the strip on which India will tackle Sri Lanka, Iyer was additionally seen sporting a chest guard whereas he stored on pulling and hooking the quick balls.

To his credit score, Iyer responded deftly with highly effective strikes, sending the ball into the stands or clearing the ropes largely.

Towards the top, Iyer additionally had India head coach Rahul Dravid feeding him throwdowns and for a change, the batting nice additionally fed a number of deliveries to Iyer to drive whereas the bowling coach Paras Mhambrey watched from a distance.

Also among the many throwdown bowlers for Iyer was the staff’s fielding coach T Dilip, whose well-known award ceremonies for the very best fielder after each match have turn out to be a singular function that followers have been glued to.

Iyer fell to the quick ball in Dharamsala in addition to the final recreation towards England in Lucknow.

Apart from Iyer’s strenuous effort, all-rounder Shardul Thakur additionally had a protracted batting session whereas the others in Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul and Suryakumar had a regulation hit within the nets.

All-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja did extra batting apply than bowling.