Iyer made 27 off 59 balls, before under-edging a cut shot to wicketkeeper Ben Foakes off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley in the 51st over, the dismissal coming out of nowhere. It was an odd innings from Iyer, where he was constantly shuffling around his crease, including when facing the spinners.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cListen, when Kohli comes back and other guys come back (KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja) and these are the days these boys are going to look back and go, \u2018Oh why did I not get a hundred? I had the opportunity to get the hundred\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAnd when you are sloppy like that, getting out doesn\u2019t impress me at all. You got to really grab the game by the scruff of its neck and say I am not letting go here. I am afraid to say with Shreyas it all seems a bit too sloppy. Sloppy is the word,\u201d said Pietersen in a chat with the broadcasters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pietersen was also left irked by Iyer shuffling outside leg before coming to his original position while playing against spinners. \u201cWhen he is facing up to the bowler, he is jogging his leg out to leg side and then comes back to just defend the ball. You go to show some more intent than leg out there.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIf you really want to have a go and put pressure on the bowler, this (gestures the leg-side shuffling movement) doesn\u2019t put the pressure on the bowler. It does nothing to the bowler. You got to show more intent.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pietersen further questioned Iyer\u2019s approach by saying, \u201cOn this wicket, why are you doing that? That\u2019s my question: what\u2019s the point of doing that? What you are doing is you are messing yourself up, losing where your stumps are as a batter. I am more comfortable if you are coming towards the bowler, this here does nothing for me.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cHe has the ability to play some very good shots. But the soft dismissals are horrible. In this form of cricket, you have to be hungry and have desire. And when you get out in the way he got out, I am afraid to say it\u2019s sloppy. Today\u2019s innings didn\u2019t impress me at all. Because I want people in my dressing room that are more hungry than that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was a day when barring Yashasvi Jaiswal\u2019s unbeaten career-best score of 179, India\u2019s batters fell after getting starts. Skipper Rohit Sharma edged a turning ball from debutant Shoaib Bashir to backward square-leg while trying to glance, something which left Pietersen upset.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who you get out to, you can get out to anybody. I think he\u2019d be kicking himself because there were plenty of runs to be had here. On this wicket, against a very young and inexperienced bowling attack, he will be looking at his dismissal and thinking, \u2018How on earth did I get myself out here?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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