Veteran Indian batter Hanuma Vihari opened up about Team India star and captain Shreyas Iyer after the T20I series against New Zealand as well. The Indian team lost the fifth T20I but won the five-match series 3-2 as well. However, Hanuma Vihari first appreciated star batter Ishan Kishan for his fifty in the fifth T20I as well.

“I think Ishan Kishan deserves some credit. He needed that knock. In the last few games, it felt like he was not himself. But he scored a good half-century. Shreyas Iyer also scored an amazing half-century. Good knock from the captain. I think he fell a little short in this series. He was good as captain but also brilliant as a batter,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel.

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Hanuma Vihari also added that New Zealand’s fielding was a huge factor in how the series result came out eventually. While he added that the conditions made catching difficult, he shared that the Kiwis dropped way too many catches, which probably cost them the series as well.

“Normally, New Zealand are a fantastic fielding side. They dropped 15 catches. If they hadn’t, maybe they would have won the series. Fortunately for them, the dropped catches did not prove costly in the final match. But New Zealand is a tough place to catch as the ball swirls in the air. I have faced it when I played there. But 15 dropped catches are a lot and it showed in the series result for them. India dominated the first three games. New Zealand did in the next two. Overall, it was a great series for India, but New Zealand deserves a lot of credit,” he concluded.