India, Sept. 21 -- India captain Shreyas Iyer is thrilled to be in Japan to play the hosts in a T20I game at Sano on Tuesday. The match is being organised to celebrate 75 years of India-Japan diplomatic relations. The world champions reached the "land of the rising sun" on Sunday, and after the match, will set their sights on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, looking to defend their gold medal from the previous edition in China. While there are no comparisons between the teams, it's always fun to visit a new destination and enjoy many things along with the game.

Ahead of the match, Iyer spoke to the media and shared his first impressions of the country. "It's beautiful. I mean, the time we landed, we saw the people, very cordial, generous, a...