New Delhi: After a disappointing tour of England and Ireland, the Indian manager Shreyas Iyer He has insisted that he does not want his players to be afraid of failure in the T20 tournament against Zimbabwe.The Indian ambassador said the players should not worry about what people outside the dressing room are saying and instead focus on expressing themselves freely. “I don’t think they should be afraid of failure because when you have such thoughts in the back of your mind, then you play to save yourself. When you don’t have that fear, you can find the best in yourself,” Iyer said ahead of the first T20I against Zimbabwe. “We don’t have to think too much about what people are saying outside. We must live in this moment. “If we play good cricket and play together as a unit, then the team will be good,” he said.The pressure is on Iyer after India failed to win a single white-ball match on the tour of England and Ireland. India lost the two T20I matches 0-2 to Ireland before losing 0-4 to England in five matches.
Shreyas Iyer’s T20I batting record against teams
| Opposition | Similarities | Innings | They run | Top Results | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | Ducks | Four | Six |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 | 4 | 73 | 53 | 24.33 | 146.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 108 | 62 | 54.00 | 183.05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| England | 11 | 10 | 367 | 80* | 45.87 | 150.40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6.50 | 92.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| new Zealand | 13 | 11 | 225 | 58* | 25.00 | 124.30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| South Africa | 8 | 8 | 116 | 40 | 19.33 | 113.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 8 | 296 | 74* | 59.20 | 149.49 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 |
| West Indies | 8 | 8 | 137 | 64 | 19.57 | 119.13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
Despite this, Iyer believes that the difficult phase has helped the team understand what it needs to improve.India are scheduled to play a three-match T20I against Zimbabwe starting Thursday. “We had a rough patch in England, but there were a lot of positives from that. We knew what we needed to build as a team going forward, what kind of mentality, awareness and flexibility we needed once we got on the field,” said Iyer.
New world, new challenge for Iyer
This is Iyer’s first visit to Zimbabwe and he has never played a T20I tournament in the country. He agreed that rapid change in accordance with the situation is very important.“Some of us are playing here for the first time, so if we adapt quickly, we will get good results,” he said.“It’s very difficult. We came yesterday, today I practice and tomorrow is a game. But it’s fun, and if you do well in these situations, of course you will be happy with yourself. The results did not go as well as we could have, but this has brought the team closer together. We have been talking a lot about how we will play as a unit going forward,” said Iyer.“It’s a great exposure because you don’t get this often. This is a difficult stage, and the faster you win, the better you are as a team,” said the Indian captain.
