What happened with Shreyas Iyer’s bat? (PC-GETTY IMAGES)
Shreyas Iyer: Shreyas Iyer did amazing batting against England in Cardiff. This player scored a brilliant half-century but during this innings he made a bird bleed. The bird present in the field got injured on a shot by Shreyas Iyer and after this the England batsman Jacob Bethall took him out of the field. It is not known what happened to the bird, but after this the batting order of Team India definitely fell apart like a house of cards.
Bird got hurt, then Team India felt pain!
The accident in which the bird got injured happened in the 33rd over. On the third ball of Saqib Mahmood Shreyas Iyer Played the shot in the covers. A bird was sitting there and the ball hit it. After this, Bethal, who was fielding on the boundary, took the injured bird out. However, it was only after this incident that Team India suffered major setbacks. After the bird got injured, Washington Sundar was out on the very next ball. Sundar was dismissed by Saqib Mahmood for 2 runs. After this, in the 36th over, Akshar Patel was dismissed by Joffra Archer for 1 run. On the last ball of this over, Archer dismissed Shivam Dubey on the first ball. As a result, Team India lost three wickets in just 5 overs.
Moment of the day💫
Ball hit by shreyas iyer had hit the bird, Jacob bethel himself took the injured bird to groundstaff ❤️🩹 pic.twitter.com/KLPbHKuv0n
— Shashank (@Shashankmsdian) July 16, 2026
Team India could not take advantage of the good start
Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma gave a good start to the Indian team. Gill scored 31 runs quickly and then Virat also played an excellent inning of 65 runs. Shreyas Iyer also scored a brilliant half-century but despite this, Team India lost all balance in the middle overs. India lost 6 wickets in 9 overs i.e. from 32nd over to 41st over. At one time it seemed that India would easily reach 300, but with the return of England, Team India was in bad shape.
