Shreyas Iyer and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: BCCI)
Because everyone talks to him about cricket, and we know how talented and gifted as an individual he is, “I keep interacting with Vaibhav in terms of what he does outside the field,. Because he’s more of himself when he talks about it,” Iyer said, so, just to talk about his lifestyle outside, that interaction, knowing about his family, what he does, what not, that excites him more. Because we have been playing with World Cup-winning openers right now, and they deserve the time out there and he’s still in the 15, “And I know that his time will come,.
The India T20I captain said he deliberately tries to understand the teenager away from the sport, where the youngster is more comfortable being himself. Speaking on JioStar’s ‘Follow the Blues: Sarpanch Shreyas’, Iyer said he has enjoyed getting to know Sooryavanshi away from the pressures and expectations surrounding his cricket. So definitely, when his time comes, he is going to dominate Indian cricket,” Iyer said.
As India prepare to begin their five-match T20I series against the West Indies, Iyer opened up about his interactions with Sooryavanshi, revealing that their conversations often go beyond cricket. The contrast between Sooryavanshi’s personality away from cricket and his aggressive approach with the bat has also caught the captain’s attention. Iyer stressed that the youngster has to wait for his opportunity, with India’s established World Cup-winning openers currently ahead of him in the pecking order While Sooryavanshi remains part of the squad.
Because he has already been in that cricket setup for 2-3 years, he is not like how we used to behave at 15 or anyone does. Because then the players also get insecure, and then they start questioning themselves, questioning others around the dressing room, experimenting from the start doesn’t make sense.
And what we discuss in the team with each other, all teammates, is how we can make him more comfortable,” Abhishek told JioStar. I’ve been in that mindset in the past, and I know how it feels from inside,” Iyer said. “He is a very smart guy. So he knows what, where, and how much to practice. I feel gradually these are things he will learn more with experience. “The most important thing for me is to win the series, and then we can experiment with the playing combination. And then they go in that dilemma phase where they feel like, ‘Will I get a match ahead or will I not get one? I don’t like that mindset.