Shreyas Iyer on outside chatter about his weakness against short pitch bowling: ‘It’s irritating’ | Cricket News

Shreyas Iyer has opened up about the outside noise regarding his weakness against the short pitch deliveries.
“It’s irritating, especially when it comes from people, who haven’t faced 150 km per hour delivery, advising you to play in a particular way,” Shreyas Iyer said at the Indian Express’ Idea Exchange.
“But I would say it is their opinion. They have all the right to talk, but they can talk between themselves not to the player directly.”
The 30-year-old had an excellent ODI World Cup as he amassed 530 runs in 11 innings, including two hundreds and three fifties.
The right-handed batter rated his 82 against Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium as his favourite knock from the marquee event.
“The 82 against Sri Lanka. Because there was a lot of talk about dropping me from the squad, and that I’m not providing much for the team,” he said.
Shreyas Iyer, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL 2024 title, was picked Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore in IPL 2025 mega auctions.
“Even though I had scored a 50 against Pakan, there was some talk which put me in a helter-skelter situation. That kind of (talk) boosted my instincts from within.
“I wanted to just give my 110 per cent. And in that game, I decided that I would just back my instincts and go full throttle. No looking back.
“I’m impressed the way I played in that game. I became my own fan after that. It was a game-changing innings, especially in the World Cup.”
Iyer had also adopted different trigger movements at different times.
He said: “It is important that you adapt according to the situation. You don’t have the same wickets all the time.”
“There is variable bounce on certain wickets. On a certain track, you need to chop and change a little bit with your stance.
“Not your grip that much, but with your stance and your trigger movements. I have practised a lot on that.
“It’s not only on the field, but also whenever I’m in my room, I always have a bat and I see to it that I shadow practice.
“That, if the wicket is like this, I’m going to play in a certain way. I have a set mindset, like, okay, this is how I’m going to play on that particular wicket.
“If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. But I went out there with a plan. You might not execute it every time.”

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