“May Be He Doesn’t Have Many Social Media Followers”: Gambhir’s under appreciated Remark on Shreyas

Guatam Gambhir appreciated Team India’s contribution to winning against New Zealand in the semifinal match. Team India produced a strong performance against New Zealand, beating them by 70 runs to get eligible for the ODI World Cup 2023 finale on Wednesday. India’s score is 397/4, thanks to terrific centuries from Virat Kohli (117) and Shreyas Iyer (105).

Virat Kohli hit a record-breaking 50th ODI century, and Iyer silenced his critics with a second successive ton in the match. He scored a century in just 67 deliveries, and his power hitting towards the later phase of the innings was key to India reaching a formidable score in the semifinal match.

The former Indian opener Guatam Gambhir, who is one reason for the World Cup 2011 win identified Iyer’s terrific knock during the broadcasting on Star Sports, stating that the batter’s innings weren’t appreciated as much as the other player’s performances in the match.

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Here Virat Kohli’s 50th century remained the talk of town during India’s batting innings, while Shami’s terrific bowling spell in which he took 7 wickets for 57 runs stole the shoe after the match. Shame was also awarded the player of the match title for his incredible bowling performance.

“I said it on air, and I want to repeat it. He was the game-changer against New Zealand. I guess he doesn’t have many followers on social media, that’s why he didn’t get as much praise. He’s playing his first World Cup. You expect Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to perform in big games because they have experience. Kohli is playing his fourth World Cup, Rohit has played 3. Shreyas is playing his first,” Gautam Gambir said before the second semifinal match.

“It is unfortunate that he isn’t getting as much appreciation as others. Shreyas Iyer, for me, has produced unbelievable batting. He didn’t let the pressure get to Virat Kohli. The difference between 350 and 390 was Shreyas Iyer. Imagine how much pressure India would have been in, if India had set a target of 350,” Gambhir further said.

India is the only undefeated team till now in the whole tournament. India will clash against Australia on Sunday in final match. Incidentally, the men in Blue played their World Cup opener against Australia as well and survived an early scare in the run-chase after being left reeling at 2/3. Virat Kohli (85) and KL Rahul (97*) steered the side to a six-wicket win in a 200-run chase.

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