Lot of credit for my success goes to Pravin Amre: Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer

The 20-year old Shreyas Iyer has been a revelation in the 8th season of the Indian Premier League, especially after his match-winning knock of 83 off 56 deliveries during last nights’ game against Mumbai Indians. The young opener credited Delhi Daredevils assistant coach Praveen Amre for the success that he has garnered in the IPL.

"A lot of credit goes to him (Praveen Amre) because he really works hard on me before the game and we practice good technique and skills. Yesterday also we worked on my skills," said Iyer after DD's win at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Enjoyed batting with JP Duminy: Iyer

Shreyas hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in his innings of 83 runs and his 154-run partneship with skipper JP Duminy helped DD reach a solid target of 190. The Mumbai-born lad said that he enjoyed batting with JP Duminy.

"He was just like, back yourself by taking charge of the bowling. If you have an experienced batsman at the other end, it is really good. We had decided that we should bat till the 15th over. We were sure that if we bat till the 15th over we could put up a good score on the board.”

"He kept on rotating the strike, Even I wasn't getting the runs at certain moments and he took the charge at that time and I rotated the strike. So it was really nice to bat with each other," added Shreyas.

Happy to score against Mumbai: Iyer

The right-hander was excited to be playing against his home-based IPL team (Mumbai Indians).

"I was really excited to play against Mumbai Indians. Home team, definitely happy to score against them. They have a good bowling attack and to score against them is a great feeling."

Even though he was disappointed at missing out on a ton, he was happy that his team won eventually and broke the 9-match losing streak at home.

"I was quite disappointed that I didn't get to my hundred but also happy with the fact that my team won. I gave the team a good start and we had a defendable total, which was good. I was satisfied after I got the team to a good par score and the main thing for me is the win. The team was really positive and were definitely going for a win. I am really happy that we broke the jinx, finally,” he asserted.