India vs Sri Lanka: My mindset is to focus on my strengths, Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer has said that scoring half-centuries in all three T20Is against Sri Lanka is a commendable performance from his end and he will take plenty of positives from this. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARDShreyas won the 'Player of the Series' award after he scored 204 runs in the T20I matches against Sri Lanka. India won the third and final T20I by six wickets. For the hosts, Shreyas starred with an unbeaten 73* as India chased down the winning target of 147 in 16.5 overs.

"Firstly, I want to cherish this moment. I have achieved a really good total in this T20I series. I want to relax a bit, give myself time and not think too much beyond. I am just staying in the moment now. If you are playing the T20I format, if you bat in the top 3, that is a place from where you can pace your innings really well. If you bat down the order, you cannot give yourself time and you have to go from ball one," said Iyer during a virtual press conference. "If you see competition in our team, it is immense. I just want to enjoy each and every opportunity. I like to finish off the games and that is my mindset. I cannot talk about cementing my place, competition is so much, you need to be flexible in batting at any position," he added.

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Further talking about the competition within the squad, Shreyas said: "My mindset is to grab as many opportunities I can and I maximise it. I am playing like I used to, there has been no