IND vs ENG: Shreyas Iyer failed again, not a single half-century in 12 innings, fans said - he will replace Rahane
Shreyas Iyer, India vs England Test: Iyer was seen struggling in the second test also. While trying to play a cut shot on the ball of left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, he was caught by wicketkeeper Ben Fox. It was a strange innings from Iyer, he was not able to play the spinners and was constantly shuffling around his crease. He played an innings of 27 runs in 59 balls.
The second Test match between India and England is being played at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. In this match, India's middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer's bat did not work once again. After this, he became the target of critics.
Iyer has not been scoring runs for some time now and seems to be struggling in Test cricket. In the last 12 innings, not a single half-century has come from his bat. Iyer scored his last half-century against Bangladesh in December 2022. Then he scored 87 runs in Mirpur. After that, his scores were 29*, 4, 12, 0, 26, 31, 6, 0, 4, not out, 35, 13 and 27 runs.
Iyer was seen struggling in the second test also. While trying to play a cut shot on the ball of left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, he was caught by wicketkeeper Ben Fox. It was a strange innings from Iyer, he was not able to play the spinners and was constantly shuffling around his crease. He played an innings of 27 runs in 59 balls.
Iyer has replaced former captain Ajinkya Rahane. In such a situation, he has also had to become a victim of trolling by fans on social media. Fans say that Rahane bats better than Iyer even in his bad form. Another fan has talked about bringing back both Rahane and Pujara.
Rahane returned in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) and in that match, he batted brilliantly and played innings of 89 and 46 runs. But after this, he could not do anything special on the West Indies tour. He could score only 11 runs in two innings of two Tests. After which he is out of the team.
