"He is consistently performing whenever you are giving him a chance"

Aakash Chopra has picked Shreyas Iyer as India’s greatest ODI participant and all-format batter of the final calendar 12 months.

Iyer amassed 724 runs at a wonderful common of 55.69 and a formidable strike charge of 91.52 within the 17 ODIs he performed final 12 months. His 1609 runs throughout codecs have been probably the most by an Indian batter in 2022 and the third-highest on the planet.

Whereas reflecting on India’s star performers of 2022 in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra highlighted that one participant made a mark in all three codecs, elaborating:

“India didn’t play a lot ODI cricket however no matter they performed, you possibly can really preserve this participant’s title in all three codecs – he did not play the T20 World Cup, however he’s constantly performing each time you might be giving him an opportunity.”

The previous opener positioned Shreyas Iyer on a excessive pedestal amongst all Indian batters, saying:

“He could possibly be India’s greatest all-format batter in 2022. I feel you already comprehend it – Shreyas Iyer. He made his Check debut in 2021 the place he scored a century in opposition to New Zealand.”

Chopra identified that the middle-order batter scored essential runs for India within the just lately concluded Check sequence in opposition to Bangladesh, observing:

“After that, he did not get many alternatives to play Check cricket. He performed in England and was dismissed enjoying the pull shot twice. There was a query mark however then he went to Bangladesh and scored essential runs.”

Iyer scored 202 runs at an excellent common of 101 within the two-Check sequence in opposition to the Tigers. He bailed the guests out of hassle each time he went out to bat and was barely unlucky for not being picked because the Participant of the Sequence.

“He scores runs repeatedly in ODI cricket” – Aakash Chopra on Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer struck a century and 6 fifties within the 15 ODI innings he performed final 12 months.

Chopra was notably happy with Iyer’s constant performances in ODIs, stating:

“He scores runs repeatedly in ODI cricket, you possibly can play wherever. You may change the nation however he constantly all the time scores runs. In no matter T20s he has performed, he has scored loads of runs though, let’s be truthful, the IPL was not that good.”

The famend commentator concluded by selecting the Mumbai batter as India’s star performer of the 12 months in 50-over cricket, elaborating:

“At any time when and wherever he has performed for India and in whichever format, he has been completely sensational. In my view, he has been very, superb. India’s greatest ODI participant in 2022 needs to be Shreyas Iyer.”

Chopra additionally named Kuldeep Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Washington Sundar as three different gamers whose stature has grown over the past 12 months. He added that Kishan’s double century in opposition to Bangladesh was the spotlight of the 12 months in ODI cricket.

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