Shreyas Iyer smiled wryly when asked about the wait he has to go through to get into the national team despite scoring consistently in domestic cricket and for India 'A'. In fact, he did not hide behind a politically correct answer. "It's really tough to be patient. When you perform consistently, get runs and then don't get into the [senior] team, it runs into your mind. The same thing happened to me two years ago.

"You just need to balance it out a bit. When you go to the top level, face good bowling and then come a level down, your performance keeps fluctuating because you are not in one place consistently. So, you need to keep yourself focused, and as I said, it affects you at times," said Shreyas, who made 65 in India A's draw against South Africa 'A' here yesterday.