Iyer, who scored seven off 15 balls, was dismissed by Umesh Yadav while trying to guide a widish short of a length delivery.
Mumbai: The spotlight was on Shreyas Iyer as he was making his comeback to competitive cricket after missing in action for the past three months. Iyer chose to play the Ranji Trophy 2024 final against Vidarbha at the Wankhede stadium. Eyes were on him and he disappointed. What was extremely sad was to see the way he got out. Iyer, who scored seven off 15 balls, was dismissed by Umesh Yadav while trying to guide a widish short of a length delivery. All he could manage was an edge which went straight to Karun Nair. Looked like Iyer was expecting the bouncer but it was a short of length delivery that did the job.
Here is how fans roasted him:
Happy retirement from test cricket 😔 @ShreyasIyer15 😕💔 #ShreyasIyer #RanjiTrophy https://t.co/wKSK3MMj9I
— Dr.Deepak Jain (@Deepakjain1827) March 10, 2024
Sab waqt waqt ki baat hai Shreyas Iyer bhai pic.twitter.com/iLj9VQeAWH
— Yash Godara(Shreyas ka parivar) (@105of70Mumbai) March 10, 2024
So Shreyas Iyer hasn’t performed well in both the Ranji matches. Hmm.
— G. (@Bibliophileeyy) March 10, 2024
Shreyas iyer thrown his wicket when team needed him#RanjiTrophy
— Nishanth (@NishanthReddyN2) March 10, 2024
Shreyas Iyer is a walking wicket against pacers early in his innings!! @ShreyasIyer15 #RanjiTrophy #MUMvsVID
— Milin Kejriwal (@milinkejriwal25) March 10, 2024
Shreyas Iyer has to concentrate on his game, he has to come out from bad patch, he has to workout on his weakness, Shreyas is a talented player, now competition is going on better he work on it, don’t play loose shots, like off side ball pull to on side. Shreyas best of luck.
— Minar Chandan (@MinarChand2008) March 10, 2024
At the time of filing the copy, lunch was taken with Mumbai in a spot of bother at 109 for four with Ajinkya Rahane still in the middle. Hopes would now be on Rahane to bail Mumbai out of this tricky spot.