Shreyas 2.0 with more substance

Mumbai batter's coach Amre explains the technical changes they worked on, leading to his transformation

- GOMESH S @ Chennai

SHORTLY after Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings on April 30 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Ricky Ponting, the head coach of the winning team, was posed a series of questions about Shreyas Iyer's batting. And with good reason.

Right from the beginning of the season, Iyer had taken everyone by storm, dispatching bowlers, pacers in particular, all across the park. What made many sit up and take notice was how still and in zone Iyer was while taking on fast bowlers, especially when they bowl short at him. While his overall strike rate of 174.7 is the best he has had in ten years of IPL, Iyer smashed fast bowlers at 186.27—285 off the 435 runs he has made in 12 games came against pace. So it was no wonder when Ponting was asked if he had worked with Iyer in this regard.