Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar believes Kolkata Knight Riders chief Shreyas Iyer may now play freely as a result of middle-order hitters Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh have begun to contribute in IPL 2022.
Earlier than Saturday’s encounter towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on the MCA Stadium in Pune, the two-time champions have seen Nitish, Rinku, and Venkatesh Iyer rating key runs in latest matches, which Gavaskar believes would encourage Shreyas to renew his free-flowing batting fashion.
“Shreyas Iyer is a top quality participant for KKR, as he has been for no matter franchise for which he has performed. It’s encouraging to see Shreyas not shouldering the entire batting obligations.
“Nitish Rana’s and Rinku Singh’s latest exploits will give him the boldness to bat freely and hit these large pictures early within the innings,” Gavaskar acknowledged on Star Sports activities’ Cricket Dwell present.
‘Shreyas Iyer doesn’t play leg spinners nicely’: Mohammed Kaif
Shreyas’ struggles towards leg-spinners have involved Kaif, who believes it’s an space the place the right-handed batter, who is taken into account a superb spin bowler, has to enhance.
“Nevertheless, Shreyas has one flaw. He struggles with leg spinners and is steadily fooled by the leggies’ flip and flight. It’s uncommon to see an Indian hitter battle with leg-spin constantly. Leg-spinners have additionally dismissed him a number of occasions this season.”
“Everybody has plagued him, whether or not it’s Ravi Bishnoi, Rahul Chahar, or Kuldeep Yadav, and he by no means actually desires to see their overs by. As an alternative, he retains taking part in these offensive pictures and is thrown out.
“On this division, I consider there’s quite a lot of room for enchancment. Nevertheless, there are different traits about Shreyas that distinguish him as a singular batter.”
Iyer has confronted leg-spinners six occasions in IPL 2022, scoring 36 runs off 36 balls with a strike fee of 103.
On the 14th of Might, the Kolkata Knight Riders will face the Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune.
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