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For Punjab Kings, Shreyas Iyer scored a half -century in the first match and hit a half -century. Iyer scored 27 balls of his half -century innings with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours. Shreyas came to bat in the fourth over …Read more
Shreyas Iyer scored a century in first match for Punjab as captain
Highlights
- Shreyas Iyer scored 97 runs off 42 balls.
- Shreyas completed a half -century off 27 balls.
- Shreyas allowed Shashank to play in the final over.
New Delhi. If the real commander is there, then the first blow is the role of a captain in cricket by standing ahead in the fight, which will make an example by himself, which all the players of the team follow. The new captain of Punjab did this in the first match and indicated that he takes the captaincy as a challenge, not like pressure.
At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Punjab captain played such an innings that would have given a lot of relief to the team franchise as they were linked to the team by paying a huge amount. Is fast bowling, what spin Sreyas Iyer put shots around the field and beat up every bowler.
Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy innings
Shreyas Iyer, who came to bat in the fourth over of the match, flick the first ball of Rabada and reached across the boundary and indicated that he had landed on the field with a mood to play a big innings. Initially, Iyer, who played many brilliant shots on the batfoot against the fast bowlers, continued to pressure the Gujarat bowlers. When Iyer’s footwork against Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore’s spin bowling was amazing, which shows how he mastered playing spin. Shreyas completed his half -century off just 27 balls which included 5 sixes and three fours. Use of steps against spin and many big shots with high backlift. The specialty of Iyer’s innings was that wickets were falling on one side, but he did not let the run rate fall. Shreyas scored an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls with the help of 9 sixes. Iyer shared 81 runs off 28 balls with Shashank Singh.
Shreyas is in form from Champions Trophy
Recently, Shreyas’s role in the victory of the Champions Trophy of the Indian team in Dubai was very big. Indian middle -order batsman Shreyas played 4 matches in this tournament in which he has scored 195 runs at an average of 48.75, his highest score was 79 runs. He scored 15 runs against Bangladesh, 56 against Pakistan, 79 runs against New Zealand and 45 runs against Australia in the semi -finals, given his continuity, BCCI could include him in the upcoming annual contract.
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