Shreyas Iyer, who was the architect of India's victory by scoring a half-century in the first ODI against England, was not going to play in this match. He revealed this. After the match, the star batsman said that he got a call from captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday night.

Virat did not play due to swelling.

Actually, in this match, Indian batsman Virat Kohli could not play due to swelling in his right knee. Shreyas Iyer was included in the playing 11 in his place. This decision of captain Rohit Sharma proved to be correct and the right-handed batsman laid the foundation of victory by playing a stormy innings of 59 runs in just 36 balls.

Rohit had called Iyer at night.

After the match, Iyer told the broadcasters that he came to know about playing in Nagpur when captain Rohit Sharma called him late at night. Iyer said - what a ridiculous story. I was watching a movie last night, I thought I could stay awake longer but then I got a call from the captain and he told me that I can play tomorrow because Virat's knee is swollen and I quickly went to my room and slept.

What did Iyer say about Jaiswal getting the preference

During this, Shreyas Iyer also talked about the decision to give preference to Yashasvi Jaiswal over him. He said- I know what you want me to say but I want to celebrate the victory right now. It is known that due to the inclusion of Jaiswal in the playing 11, India had to change their batting order. Shubman Gill came in at number three while Shreyas Iyer came in at number four. However, it is difficult to say what India's batting order would have been if Virat Kohli was part of the playing 11.

Shreyas Iyer scored his second-fastest half-century of his ODI career

The Indian team did not have a special start in this match. The team suffered two setbacks at the score of 19 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 15 runs and Rohit Sharma was out after scoring two runs. After this, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer took over the charge. There was a partnership of 94 runs in 64 balls for the third wicket between the two. The right-handed batsman played a stormy half-century innings. He took 30 balls to complete the 19th fifty of his ODI career.

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