“You Wasted An Opportunity”: Zaheer Khan Delivers Harrowing Verdict On Shreyas Iyer | Cricket News

Former Indian cricket crew quick bowler Zaheer Khan was disillusioned with Shreyas Iyer after the batter failed to attain massive as soon as once more through the second Test match in opposition to England in Visakhapatnam. The right-hander had a superb outing within the Cricket World Cup 2023 however his type in Test cricket has been lower than passable. During the second innings, Iyer as soon as once more obtained a superb begin however was dismissed by Tom Hartley for 29. During his evaluation, Zaheer stated that Iyer had an opportunity to attain massive with England spinners working in tandem however he ended up losing a superb alternative to regain his type.

“You need to understand the moments that are important for you and the team, and I feel that was a moment for Shreyas Iyer as well. Anderson had bowled his spell. Only one fast bowler was playing and after that, spin was going to be used,” Zaheer stated on Colors Cineplex.

“You have top-class ability to play spin. So, you wasted an opportunity. You lost your wicket while trying to be over-dominant and you might have to pay for it, considering the situation you are talking about,” Zaheer added.

Iyer has not scored a single half-century since December 2022 and Zaheer believes that if he doesn’t carry out, the selectors could think about dropping him with KL Rahul and Virat Kohli doubtlessly coming again within the squad for the remaining three Test matches.

“The selectors will sit again and select the team after these two Test matches. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli might come back. So if you have two players coming in, two players will go out of the playing XI as well because they are players who will straightaway take their places in the XI.”

“So if you don’t score runs or don’t show that you are fully ready, that you can understand any situation, show maturity, and contribute for the team, then Gill is definitely ahead in the race and you can say that Shreyas frittered away an opportunity,” Zaheer stated.