Ajay Kumar Verma
While the clamour over Sooryavanshi’s debut has persistently followed the Indian camp ever since the teenager was named in the squads for the tours of Ireland and England, Iyer said it is crucial to have a secure environment for all players.
In order to bring in the 15-year-old batting sensation, India, in all likelihood, will have to break the successful opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma.
“Look, all the players in the team have performed well, it’s not that only one individual has performed well,” Iyer told the reporters on the eve of the first T20I here on Tuesday.
“But we have to build that opportunity and security, so that each individual has confidence going forward into the tournaments. The players who have won the last World Cup, definitely have an idea of how to play T20, and continuously they have been the main pillars of that format so it’s very important to back them,” Iyer said.
Iyer, who took over India captaincy before the Ireland tour, said the first-ever series loss to the Irish was a “depressing” one.
“It wasn’t embarrassing, but it was depressing for us, because we definitely didn’t expect Ireland to play that well,” Iyer said.
“They outplayed us in every department, they had brilliant ideas about the dimensions of the ground, and we fell short in terms of analysing and planning the ground and the dimensions, and how the wicket would be played.”
“Credit to them, but we learnt a lot from that series. This is a completely new chapter for us coming in here.” He continued, “A couple of us have played in England before, and we know the conditions, we know the ideas, we know the dimensions over here. So, looking forward for an intense and challenging series.”
Published on Jun 30, 2026
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