"Saw Beautiful Girl In IPL, Was Hoping...": Iyer Confesses On Kapil's Show

Sheryas Iyer is currently having a good time in the IPL 2024. Being the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, which is yet to ne defeated in the league, Iyer knows that it's the perfect start. Ahead of the IPL . Shreyas Iyer faced some tough questions regarding his injury and intent to play domestic cricket. But all that is a thing of the past as Shreyas Iyer seems a happy man on the field. He was recently seen on the 'Kapil Sharma Show' along with Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma.

He had some interesting conversations during the course of the show.   

Kapil Sharma said that whenever Shreyas Iyer hits a boundary, the cameraman focuses on girls who have poster of 'Shreyas Marry Me!' "He is also a bachelor," Kapil added. The comedian-cum-actor then asked the cricketer if he later checks with the cameraman where the girl was sitting

"During my first year in in IPL, I noticed a very beautiful girl sitting in the stands and I waved hello to her. This happened many years ago. At that time Facebook was very popular. I was hoping to get a message and kept checking. That is the only incident that happened to me," he replied.

During the episode, Rohit Sharma was about the loss in the 2023 World Cup final: "When the match began, we started good. Shubman Gill got out quickly but then Virat Kohli and I had a partnership. We were confident we could achieve a good score. I feel that in big matches if you can score runs and create pressure on the opposite team...because the opposite team has to make runs. But Australia played good cricket. We even managed to take three wickets for just 40 runs but they had a long partnership."

Kapil Sharma, asked Iyer to name a player he looked up to as a kid. Iyer revealed that Rohit has been his idol since childhood, and said that he learned his trait watchig the dynamic opener.

Iyer clarified that he didn't pick Rohit because of the camera or because of the Indian captain standing next him.

"Joke nahi kar raha hoon ya aise he butter up nahi kar raha hoon, but Rohit bhai chote se idol rahe hai. Kyuki vo bhi Mumbai se hai, mai bhi waha se hoon aur unko dekhte hue mai grow hua hoon," Iyer said after he was asked to name his idol by the host.

While Rohit did acknowledge Iyer's gesture, he went on to joke that the current crop of players say bad things about him, behind his back, in the dressing room.

"Dressing room mein bahut gaaliya dete hai. Ye saamne abhi log hai, camera hai. Aajkal ke youngsters dangerous hai bhai bahut," Rohit replied. His response left Kapil and Iyer in splits.