Australians are known to indulge in sledging and India A batsman Shreyas Iyer got a dose of it during the second day of the warm-up match here on Saturday. Shreyas Iyer claimed he was targeted by Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and star batsman David Warner during his knock. It was first Wade and then Warner too joined in,” Iyer said at the end of the day’s play. “But I am used to this type of sledging, having toured Australia with India A teams in the past.”Read | Mitchell Marsh weighs in before Shreyas Iyer dominates Aussies in warm-up tieShreyas Iyer was happy with his performance on Saturday and is confident he will be selected to play for India if he continues to play well. Iyer praised Australian spinners, specially off-spinner Nathan Lyon, rating them higher that the Bangladesh tweakers he faced during a tour match in Hyderabad earlier this month.

Source: Hindustan Times February 18, 2017 18:33 UTC