The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many sporting events to suspend, and due to it, sports personalities are finding different ways to keep themselves busy during the self-isolation period. To spend time, they are heading towards social media to interact with their fans and followers.
In such a process, Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer took to Twitter on Wednesday (Mar 26) to chat with his fans. He ran a Q/A session and tried to answer many questions dropped by his followers.
A fan asked Iyer to speak about Abhishek Nayar’s influence on his career, to which he replied and said Abhishek had played a huge role in his life. Iyer revealed that Abhishek had been his mentor, his brother, his roommate, his physio, basically everything.
“@abhisheknayar1 has been my mentor, my brother, my roommate, my physio aka everything,” tweeted Iyer.
.@abhisheknayar1 has been my mentor, my brother, my roommate, my physio aka everything. https://t.co/hzAmV4zLw3
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) March 25, 2020
Another fan asked the Mumbai batsman to name those who have inspired him.
“@ShreyasIyer15 Who is your childhood hero? #AskSheryas,” the fan wrote.
The 25-year-old responded to the query and took names of Sachin Tendulkar, Kevin Pieterson, AB de Villiers, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ricky Ponting.
My role models are @sachin_rt, @KP24, @ABdeVilliers17, @ImRo45, @imVkohli https://t.co/hsPFcmUqdg
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) March 25, 2020
And @RickyPonting too might I add 😊
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) March 25, 2020
Iyer has so far played 18 ODIs and 22 T20I games, in which the right-handed batsman has accumulated 748 and 417 runs, respectively. He has 10 half-centuries and 1 hundred to his name in international cricket.
