Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi – Shreyas Iyer opens up on his favourite Sportsperson

Shreyas Iyer is currently busy with his Indian teammates as India is playing a five-match t20i home series against South Africa. Speaking about the series, India made a tremendous comeback after losing the first two matches. Now, the series is level at 2-2 as the fifth and final match is scheduled to be played in Bengaluru.

However, this series did not go as per Shreyas’s wish as he managed only 94 runs in four innings at an average of 23.50. But, he has been always known for his love of football, and now, Speaking to his Kolkata franchise website, he shared that the Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo is his favourite Sportsperson of all time.

“Cristiano Ronaldo is my favourite” – Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer’s love for Ronaldo is not a surprise for fans as he already expressed the same two years back. During the lockdown period for the Covid-19 outbreak, a Twitter user asked him to pick his favourite between lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The current Kolkata captain chose the latter one.

Here is the tweet:  

Ronaldo https://t.co/mbU2UMVvxY

— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) March 25, 2020

Speaking about his form, he will look to play a significant inning in the remaining T20I match of this ongoing South Africa series. As Suryakumar Yadav was ruled out for injury, he was given the chance for batting in the number three position. But, till now he failed miserably to grab the opportunity with both hands.

Former cricketers had already started to question his spot for the upcoming mega event later this year. Since the start of this Indian T20 Leauge, he looked not so much comfortable against spin. That is also affecting him in National colours as he has been losing his wickets to spinners on a regular basis. Till now, he played 40 T20I matches where he scored 903 runs at an average of 34.73.

He will be in action again when India will take on South Africa for the series decider on Sunday, 19 June at Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru.