WATCH: Shreyas Iyer gets furious at Journalist over ‘Short Ball’ question after India’s win over Sri Lanka

Team India becomes the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup 2023 after their great victory over Sri Lanka on November 5 at the iconic Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai. However, despite the win, India’s star cricketer Shreyas Iyer gets furious over reporters’ short-ball questions in the press conference.

“The short ball has been a problem for you since the beginning of this World Cup…”

Shreyas, however, cut his question and asked:

“When you say it’s a problem for me, what do you mean?”

The middle-order batsman hits back at his short-ball question while mentioning he does not have any issues at all with any ball. In addition, Shreyas Iyer changed the topic and told reporters to watch how many shots he had hit from the other shots. The 28-year-old cricketer clarified that any batsman can get out on any ball, irrespective of the short ball.

“Troubled me? Have you seen how many pull shots I’ve scored, especially that have gone for four? If you’re trying to hit a ball, you’re bound to get out anyway, irrespective of if it’s a short ball, if it’s overpitched. If I get bowled two or three times, you all would say, ‘he can’t play an in-swinging ball, he can’t play a cut if the ball is seaming,” Shreyas Iyer said.

I feel that people are picking that up every now: Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer has lashed out over journalists, as they have created such an atmosphere in the media that he cannot play the short ball. Moreover, the Mumbai-born cricketer feels everyone gets to know his weaknesses owing to media hype.

“We as players, we are bound to get out on any sort of deliveries. You guys have created that maahol [atmosphere] outside that ‘he can’t play a short ball’, and I feel that people are picking that up every now and then and it plays on your [the media’s] mind regularly, and you keep working on that,” he added.