Shreyas Iyer has faith in spinners “to get the job done tomorrow”
The Indian team declared at 234 in the second inning of the first test against New Zealand. This declaration gave New Zealand a target of 283 runs to chase in a day and the little time that remained on the 4th day. This also made cricket pundits question was the declaration left for too late?
From struggling at 55 for 5, India made a massive comeback during the post-lunch and tea session to score 234 runs in total. None of this could have been possible without the invaluable contributions by Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, and the boy with the golden bat at the moment, Shreyas Iyer. The trio scored a cumulative total of 158 runs to salvage a hefty lead towards the end of the day. Now the question is can India knock off the New Zealand side to secure the win?
Shreyas Iyer definitely thinks so. At the end of the day’s play, he said, “to be honest, there wasn’t much happening on the wicket. We need to get to a competitive total, maybe around 275-280… we have real spin power so hopefully we can get the job done tomorrow,” reports PTI. He also recalled how he had been in a similar situation at Green Park before playing for his Ranji Team. “The idea was to play session by session… in the end we have to win the match, and that would be the most important thing for me.”
The highest total chased in India while batting in the fourth inning is 276 . West Indies’ team achieved this feat in 1987.
