Following the series win against England, Indian batter Shreyas Iyer, who had a fine series with two half-centuries, expressed how time away from international cricket helped him work on his technique in domestic cricket and his unfulfilled desire to have scored a century in the series.

The demeanour with which Iyer got these runs also tells a tale about his strategic focus towards improving his gameplay against shorter deliveries - a missing piece from his armoury formerly.