Even before Bhupen Lalwani and Suved Parkar had crossed boundary line after lunch was called on Day One of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy tie against Andhra, Shreyas Iyer – the next batter in Mumbai’s order – had taken guard at the practice nets on the sidelines.
While batting coach Vinit Indulkar and a side-arm specialist hurled short balls at him, Atharva Ankolekar bowled left-arm spin to Shreyas who batted flawlessly for almost half an hour before returning to the dressing room.
Having returned from South Africa earlier in the week and omitted from the T20I squad for India’s ongoing series against Afghanistan, Shreyas had skipped the team’s final pre-match training session on Thursday.
