Shreyas Iyer has batted brilliantly in the Ranji Trophy tournament. He has scored 200 runs in just 201 balls. In Elite Group A, the Ranji match is underway between Mumbai and Odisha. Iyer was unbeaten after scoring a century on the first day of the match. On the second day, he converted this century into a double century. Mumbai’s Shreyas Iyer played his entire innings in T20 style.
He squared off. Iyer hit 233 runs off 228 balls. It has 23 fours and 9 sixes. That means he recovered 146 only from boundaries in his entire innings. This is the best score in Iyer’s first-class career.
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A Record Comeback After Years
This is Shreyas’ third double-century in first-class cricket. He ended his double-century drought in the Ranji Trophy after 9 years. He had earlier scored a double century in Ranji in 2015. Iyer has scored a double century in a first-class match after 7 years. Earlier, Iyer had scored 202 runs against Australia in 2017 while playing for India A.
Shreyas Iyer scored a century in 101 balls on the first day. He was unbeaten on 152 with 18 fours and 4 sixes at the end of the day’s play.
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Mumbai’s Strong Batting Performance
Shreyas Iyer has been struggling with injuries and surgeries for the past three years. So his performance was also very bad. In the last 38 innings, he could not score a century in the first class. Shreyas Iyer made his debut against New Zealand in November 2021. He did not play in the previous Ranji match against Tripura due to a shoulder injury.
After recovering from the injury, he made a comeback against Odisha on 6 November. On the first day, he scored a century off 101 balls. Apart from Iyer, Siddesh Lad also batted strongly. He remained unbeaten on 165 runs. On the batting strength of the two, the Mumbai team scored 556 runs by losing 4 wickets before the end of the first session on the second day.
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