Shreyas Iyer Post Match Statement: In the fourth ODI match played between India and New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Team India lost by 244 runs.
Shreyas Iyer Post Match Statement: In the fourth ODI match played between India and New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Team India had to face defeat by 244 runs. After losing the toss and batting first, the Kiwi team scored 333 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, the Indian team, which came to chase the target, was limited to only 89 runs. In this match, Indian batting cards were seen falling apart in many ways. After facing defeat by such a huge margin in the fourth ODI match, now the first statement of Indian captain Shreyas Iyer has come out. He has given the reason behind this defeat of the team.
Shreyas Iyer gave many reasons for the defeat
After the match was over, Indian captain Shreyas Iyer said during the post match ceremony, 'It is very difficult to see such a defeat. But, in terms of pitch, there was a huge difference between the first and second innings. However, Henry bowled in the right area and he should get credit for this. Taking his point further, Iyer said that he felt that many of the pitches at Bay Oval were good for batting. But, something different was seen in the second innings. We also missed some catches but this happens in matches.
🚨 MASSIVE STATEMENT BY SHREYAS IYER AFTER LOSS 4TH ODI AGAINST NEW ZEALAND 🚨
Shreyas Iyer said 🗣️,
“I think we tried almost everything in the first innings, the way they were playing on the rise. And we thought that the wicket was better to bat on considering they got 330 after that. Obviously, a couple of dropped catches, but that definitely happens in a game. But yeah, when we got into the dressing room, we thought that we would be cruising through the chase as well. But the way the ball was seaming in and out, you couldn’t basically decide from inside that this is how I’m going to play. Or even if you saw the wickets, no one threw the wicket away. It was good deliveries.”
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Iyer wants to forget this match
Taking his point further, Iyer said that we saw that he scored 330 runs. When we went to the dressing room after the first innings, it seemed that we would win easily because the ball was seaming in and out. But the pitch was playing differently. Iyer also admitted that the Indian team has lost its wickets in good balls. According to him it was all good ball. Regarding preparation for the next match, Iyer said that obviously we would like to forget this match and go into the next match with a fresh mind and see what went wrong in batting and bowling.
Rohit-Virat's account not opened
In this match, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were out without opening their account. Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry gave a big blow to India by dismissing both the legendary batsmen in the very first over of India's innings. After the dismissal of Ro-Co, the Indian innings completely faltered. Henry bowled brilliantly in this match and took 6 wickets for just 27 runs in 9.4 overs.