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Sports / Sat, 07 Nov 2026 Cricbuzz

India avoid a ‘stinker’ as short-ball ploy strikes both sides

There’s a distinct fluidity and verve to Shreyas Iyer’s batting that can sometimes circumvent a difficult pitch. In Wellington, six balls into his innings, Iyer did one of those things: all wrists, barely a shift of the feet, a fierce swing of the bat to carve the ball over cover for six. It came against Jacob Duffy, on a high after prising out Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli with nagging seam.

There’s a distinct fluidity and verve to Shreyas Iyer’s batting that can sometimes circumvent a difficult pitch. In Wellington, six balls into his innings, Iyer did one of those things: all wrists, barely a shift of the feet, a fierce swing of the bat to carve the ball over cover for six. It came against Jacob Duffy, on a high after prising out Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli with nagging seam.

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