Rahul Dravid and Shreyas at the nets: How did Shreyas Iyer train against bouncers in the Mumbai nets before the India vs Sri Lanka game?

He had two sessions against the bouncers – one at the far end with the left-arm thrower Nuwan Seneviratne and later at the nets, closer to the main pitch, with the coach Rahul Dravid joining in with the throws. Shreyas’s approaches at the two nets were contrasting. Not long after he faced the bowlers in the nets close to center pitch in Mumbai on Tuesday, Shreyas Iyer took strike on the nets pitched on the other side to face the throw-down specialist. It was exclusively against bouncers. The mechanical side-arm throw wasn’t used but the balls were repeatedly flung short with the left-arm. Before we get to how he tackled them, let’s rewind to his quote from earlier this year about the short-ball issue: “If I can leave or keep it down, I definitely won’t have a problem”. In the games this World Cup, he has certainly not tried to leave them. On occasions, he has tried to keep them down but hasn’t quite been able to roll his wrists over the ball and ride the bou...