India vs Sri Lanka: My mindset is to focus on my strengths, Shreyas Iyer | Cricket News – Times of India

DHARAMSALA: India batter Shreyas Iyer has said that scoring half-centuries in all three T20Is against Sri Lanka is a commendable performance from his end and he will take plenty of positives from this.
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Shreyas won the ‘Player of the Series’ award after he scored 204 runs in the T20I matches against Sri Lanka. India won the third and final T20I by six wickets. For the hosts, Shreyas starred with an unbeaten 73* as India chased down the target of 146 in 16.5 overs.

“Firstly, I want to cherish this moment. I have achieved a really good total in this T20I series. I want to relax a bit, give myself time and not think too much beyond. I am just staying in the moment now. If you are playing the T20I format, if you bat in the top 3, that is a place from where you can pace your innings really well. If you bat down the order, you cannot give yourself time and you have to go from ball one,” said Iyer during a virtual press conference.
“If you see competition in our team, it is immense. I just want to enjoy each and every opportunity. I like to finish off the games and that is my mindset. I cannot talk about cementing my place, competition is so much, you need to be flexible in batting at any position,” he added.

Further talking about the competition within the squad, Shreyas said: “My mindset is to grab as many opportunities I can and I maximise it. I am playing like I used to, there has been no special preparation. Every player has his own strength and weakness. My mindset is to focus on my strengths. I do not get bogged down if people think short ball is my weakness.”
India never found themselves in trouble while chasing the underwhelming target of 146 on Sunday. The hosts dominated from the word go.

Earlier, Indian bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to the score of 146/5 in the 20 overs. For Sri Lanka, Dasun Shanaka again played a captain’s knock of 74* and took the visitors to a respectable total while Dinesh Chandimal scored 25. Avesh Khan scalped two wickets, while Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel and Ravi Bishnoi grabbed one apiece.
“Shanaka played amazing knocks in the last two games. He was clearing the boundary with ease. You cannot actually blame our bowlers in that particular situation. We came up with our plans…Shanaka took on our bowlers,” said Shreyas.