Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy match against Odisha on Thursday saw Shreyas Iyer smash a spectacular double century.
Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy match against Odisha on Thursday saw Indian cricket team batsman Shreyas Iyer smash a spectacular double century. Despite not being selected for the forthcoming Test series in Australia, Shreyas looked fantastic as he hit the milestone in 201 balls with eight sixes and 22 fours. In the 2017–18 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Shreyas hammered an undefeated 202 against Australia, marking his first first-class double century. Iyer scored 233 from 228 deliveries until Harshit Rathod finally got rid of him. After not being retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders, he will be a top draw, therefore this knock will also greatly increase his prospects in the IPL 2025 auctions.
In the meantime, Men in Blue captain Suryakumar Yadav will be trying to set several records as India prepares for the four-match T20I series against South Africa.
After making his T20I debut against England in 2021, Suryakumar has participated in 74 20-over games and amassed 2544 runs at a strike rate of 169.48. His average score is 42.40. In the shortest format, the 34-year-old has smashed 21 fifties and four hundreds.
In the most recent T20I series against Bangladesh, the right-handed hitter led the Men in Blue with 112 runs in three innings at an average of 37.33.
Suryakumar needs to score 107 runs in the forthcoming 20-over series to surpass all previous run scorers in India-South Africa Twenty20 Internationals.At a strike rate of 175.63, the captain of India has currently amassed 346 runs in seven Twenty20 International matches versus South Africa. Against the Proteas, he has amassed a century and four half-centuries in the 20-over format. At a strike rate of 156.94, David Miller leads the field with 452 runs from 21 games.
In addition to winning the most runs in India-South Africa Twenty20 Internationals, the 34-year-old will have the chance to become the fastest player to hit 150 sixes in T20Is.
44 sixes have been hit by Suryakumar in 71 innings and 74 T20I matches. To reach the milestone in the four-match T20I series, he must hit six sixes.
