India batter Shreyas Iyer on Friday mentioned, “lack of communication” and a few choices didn’t go in his favour after the ODI World Cup final 12 months however asserted that his bat will do the speaking within the upcoming future.
In final 12 months’s ODI World Cup, Iyer completed third amongst highest run-scorers for the host, scoring 530 runs at 66.25 with two centuries and three fifties.
Iyer was not included within the BCCI’s central contract’s record for interval October 2023 to September 2024 for a perceived perception that he, together with wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan, had prioritised IPL over home cricket.
Whereas Kishan had given an entire miss to home cricket within the first half of the 12 months and commenced enjoying aggressive cricket simply earlier than the IPL, Iyer had featured in just a few Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai.
Having missed the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal, Iyer featured within the semifinal in addition to the ultimate — a sport by which the right-hander smacked a fast 95 towards Vidarbha.
“I had an incredible World Cup and I wished to take a break after that, work on my physique (and) construct some power round sure areas,” Iyer mentioned in a video launched on his YouTube web page on Friday.
“As a consequence of lack of communication, there have been some choices that didn’t go in my favour. However on the finish of the day, the bat is all the time going to be in my hand and it’s on me tips on how to carry out and win trophies.
“I made a decision that after I win Ranji Trophy and IPL, that might be an apt reply for no matter occurred prior to now and fortunately, every part fell to the proper place,” added Iyer, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders to its third IPL title win this 12 months.
Having undergone a again surgical procedure in April 2023, Iyer mentioned pushing himself laborious within the nets classes on the Nationwide Cricket Academy in Bengaluru additionally helped him discover confidence.
“After the surgical procedure, I used to be at NCA, training within the nets. I’ve by no means batted for thus lengthy in my life. I used to all the time limit myself from batting within the nets as a result of I complained that the wickets weren’t that nice,” he mentioned.
“Abruptly, I simply instructed myself that ‘put your self in powerful conditions as a result of the battle is gained exterior the sector, not on the sector’,” he mentioned.
“If you play together with your thoughts, whenever you problem your thoughts to place your self in powerful conditions and also you resolve for your self whether or not you’re going to win or not,” Iyer added.