India\u2019s depth across departments also gives the team several options when it comes to selection and batting positions. For Iyer, competition for places is a positive, provided it encourages players to maintain their standards and contribute to the team\u2019s ultimate goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s good in a way, and it motivates the current team members that we have to perform consistently for the team,\u201d he said, referring to the availability of backups across the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most important thing is to win the match. That is the eventual goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a sweet headache, but it’s important for every team,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The captain also stressed the need for players to adapt to the demands of a particular match rather than become fixed on a specific batting position.<\/p>\n
Having featured at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 in recent months, Iyer said he was comfortable batting wherever the team needed him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can bat at any number; it depends upon the situation, what is the situation of the game in that position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery individual, whoever is in the team, has to be flexible because conditions will demand, situations will demand, and whatever number you get, you have to be happy in that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s depth across departments also gives the team several options when it comes to selection and batting positions.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41840,41838,41844,41854,41850,41853,41851,41836,41852,41849,41855,41861,41860,41841,41835,41859,41843,41842,41837,41847,41848,111,43,139,69,41857,41856,41858,41846,41839,41845],"class_list":["post-637201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}