I like to finish off the games: Shreyas Iyer after India’s T20I series win vs Sri Lanka

Shreyas
Iyer is happy with clinical India’s 3-0 T20I series win against
Sri Lanka. This was India’s second successive T20I series win at home. Iyer,
who was adjudged Man of the Series for playing instrumental roles in India’s
seven and six wickets wins in the second T20I and the third T20I at the HPCA stadium in
Dharamshala, said that winning all the three T20Is against Sri Lanka is
satisfying from the personal front and he will take a lot of positives from
this series.

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Iyer played a sensible unbeaten 74 runs knock off 44 balls to help
India chase down Sri Lanka’s 183 for 5 in the second T20I and 73 off 45 not out
in the third T20I. In the first T20I, Iyer scored 57 not out. Iyer
scored a total of 204 runs in the T20I matches against Sri Lanka. The
right-handed batter registered the fifties in all three games of the series.

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“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. See if you are playing
the T20I format, if you bat at 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.

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“Coming
not out in all three games is a commendable performance from my side, I am not
keeping any expectations, 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.

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Asked
about competition in the team for spots, Iyer said, “My mindset is to grab
as many opportunities as I can and I maximise it. I am playing like I used to,
there has been no special preparation. Every player has their 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.”