Shreyas Iyer should put his ego in his pocket and move forward: Tom Moody

Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody has opened up on Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer losing his wicket to RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood without understanding the game situation in Qualifier 1 in Mullanpur on Thursday, May 29.

Notably, Royal Challengers Bengaluru bagged an eight-wicket win over the Punjab Kings in the first qualifier to make it to the grand finale for the fourth time in IPL history. PBKS will next take on the winner of the eliminator in Qualifier 2 on Sunday, June 1.

After being asked to bat first, PBKS put up a horror show as they collapsed badly for 101 runs in 14.1 overs. Pacer Josh Hazlewood was the one who dismissed Shreyas Iyer with an exceptional delivery as the batter got caught behind attempting a rash shot.

Moody slammed Iyer for not understanding the game situation and going for a poor shot. Moreover, he slammed the PBKS skipper’s tactics as he already got out to Hazlewood thrice prior to this game.

“The first ball he played and missed – the perfect line that you’d expect Hazlewood to bowl. He sort of played at it, but didn’t really want to play at it. And then, that third ball he got out. To me, he totally misread the game situation and his own situation. Yes, he would be aware that Hazlewood has had him a few times in the past. He would know the exact numbers,” Moody said in an ESPNcricinfo interaction.

“At times, you need to put your ego in your pocket and just move forward. To me that was the perfect example of not reading the situation – trying to overcome something that has been a darkness in the past instead of just swallowing your pride and just moving on by just accumulating. You only had to see Hazlewood out. It was a simple thing – see him out and look to dissect the rest of their attack,” he added.

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