Former Indian batter Ambati Rayudu believes one should not be harsh on Shreyas Iyer after a short-pitched ball dismissed him in the second ODI against New Zealand, as the delivery could have dismissed any other batter. Iyer scored a 46-ball 30
before a climbing, awkward Kyle Jamieson bouncer got the better of him.

“I don’t think you should read too much into Shreyas Iyer’s dismissal because it was a very tough ball for many batters. A short ball that is seaming in when he was actually trying to leave the ball, but it followed him. He could not get into a good position to leave the ball, and it can happen to anybody. I think that Shreyas Iyer played a very important knock, given the conditions. His 30 was very valuable in us crossing the line,” the former MI star said on Cricbuzz.

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“I think it was just a difficult pitch. Sometimes when you are in a tricky run chase, you know that you want to bide your time. At the end of the day, you can make up for it. It is important to know what you are doing in between those expensive overs, are you at least turning the strike over? Yes, there were some difficult deliveries. Axar got a brute first up. There were times when Shreyas Iyer got tangled. So over here, maybe one player could have taken it upon himself to throw the bowlers off, but it was a tough one,” Murali Kartik added.

However, despite the pattern repeating, former Indian batter Ambati Rayudu feels that it is not a cause for concern as it is the change in conditions that is in play as well.

“I don’t think it is anything to worry about. It is just that we are so used to seeing this batting unit post tall totals and we have seen set batters really score big. Suddenly, when you encounter conditions like these, all you have to look at is that. Are our guys performing better than the home side?” Ambati Rayudu concluded.