Team India
Iyer says team excited to interact with Olympic athletes
This three-match series, in essence, is a warmup before India fly out to Japan for the Asian Games on Sept 19. Because the intensity is pretty high,” Iyer said, he’s bound to get injured some way or the other.
He is well experienced,” Iyer said. Iyer said the team would be excited to spend time with athletes from other disciplines. NEW DELHI: It has been a rough initiation into the T20I captaincy for Shreyas Iyer , having returned winless from the tour of Ireland and England in June-July. Iyer’s captaincy came in bizarre circumstances after the selectors decided to unceremoniously dump T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav. “It (injuries to players) is not frustrating. We need to understand the amount of matches a player is playing continuously. “Of course, it certainly impacts the combination. All you can control is whoever is available on that given day, and we need to give that sort of confidence to that particular player. A backup is equally important for the team. This will also be the first time Iyer will have the services of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah , who is coming off a long layoff. “As a player comes out of injury, it’s important that he gets more game time. Bumrah has played so much cricket over the years.
Ever since, Indian cricket has been beset with injury problems, with the BCCI even inviting Iyer for a crucial review meeting earlier this month. However, the first T20I against Afghanistan here on Sunday will be the first time he can boast of having a first-choice team to work with.