Former India batter Aakash Chopra believes that Shreyas Iyer appeared troubled and wishes to enhance on his method to face quick ball after he was dropped from the remaining three-match Test squads. Shreyas struggled within the first two Test matches in opposition to England as he amassed scores of 35, 13, 27 and 29. Even within the two-match Test sequence in opposition to South Africa, Iyer struggled to muster up runs as he scored 41 runs in each matches. “If we are to believe sources, he was available for selection but was left out. And there are reasons for this. He has not scored in the previous 12-13 innings and the way he was batting was not good. It’s ok to get out on bouncers, but the way he was trying to tackle them showed that he was not convincing,” Chopra mentioned whereas internet hosting JioCinema’s sports activities present ‘#AAKASHVANI.

He went on to match Iyer’s efficiency with Shubman Gill, who additionally struggled to place runs on the board however managed to beat his barren run by scoring a century within the second innings of the second Test.

Chopra feels that even when Gill wasn’t scoring runs, he did not look fearful due to his lack of runs. “Both Shubman Gill and Shreyas had been under pressure until recently, but Gill never looked ugly or too worried even though he wasn’t getting the runs. But Iyer looked troubled. He needs to work on his technique against the short ball,” he added.

With the sequence at present stage on 1-1, India will play their third Test in opposition to England in Rajkot on Thursday.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep.