Indian batter Shreyas Iyer impressed one and all with his powerful knock in the ongoing first T20I against Sri Lanka. Iyer, who has batter at no.3 position for most of his IPL career, was promoted to the number 3 spot in the ongoing game.
In the absence of Virat Kohli, Shreyas was expected to play a big role in the middle and he managed to fulfill the expectations of the fans. He played a stunning knock as he gave India a perfect finish to the innings.
Shreyas shattered concerns around his sluggish batting with a fiery half-century and also played a crucial role as he added to the Indian total with his late cameo by smashing an unbeaten knock of 57 runs off 28 deliveries to pummel the Sri Lanka attack. His stunning knock was laced with 5 fours and 2 sixes.
Meanwhile, fans on social media were thrilled with the stunning knock played by Shreyas. From cricketers, experts to fans, everyone took to Twitter and came up with amazing reactions.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati to this:
Shreyas Iyer needed to get a move on. And he has done that by ramping up a couple of gears.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) February 24, 2022
Cracker innings from Shreyas Iyer, loved the way he went for the ball today specially after getting set. Those boundaries were stunning.
— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) February 24, 2022
A 90M no look six by Shreyas Iyer. pic.twitter.com/swzKC1v1Bl
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 24, 2022
Shreyas Iyer to his haters be like pic.twitter.com/TBWoPzBJ7E
— Sai (@akakrcb6) February 24, 2022
He came
He saw
He conqueredWhat an innings by Shreyas Iyer. pic.twitter.com/UdRWAlvO8u
— ` (@FourOverthrows) February 24, 2022
4,1,2,4,2,1,6,4,1,4,1,6,2,4,2,1
45 Runs off the Last 16 Balls?
Strike Rate 281.25?From 12(12) to 57(28)?
Watta Finish by KKR Captain Shreyas Iyer?#INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/XvbdL9RgRX
— KKR Bhakt??? (@KKRSince2011) February 24, 2022
Shreyas Iyer Today:-
Runs : 57
Balls : 28
4s : 5
6s : 2Scored 40 off 14 in overs 18-20??#INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/z1gdCGhkXP
— Azfaar (@iamazfaar) February 24, 2022
Shreyas Iyer is back in T20I ? ? pic.twitter.com/zbvbG7KW2v
— Irfan????? (@imMSDVK718) February 24, 2022
Unbelievable hitting by Shreyas Iyer.
Make him permanent at no. 3 in T20IS for now.#ShreyasIyer #INDvsSL #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/Gzd4XN0j7G
— Yogen (45) (@frontFootPuller) February 24, 2022
Shreyas Iyer came in the 12th over, he was 17*(14) at the end of 17th over then ended on unbeaten 57 runs from 28 balls including 5 fours and 2 sixes.
He has 30.09 average and 137.09 strike rate in T20I from 30 innings. pic.twitter.com/syCmTKAZSG
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 24, 2022
Shreyas Iyer is reminding people why he was cementing his spot in Indian Team before his injury
pic.twitter.com/27QQmSVkMZ
— Sohom (@AwaaraHoon) February 24, 2022
Life has been tough for Shreyas Iyer in the past year. Got injured before wt20 , missed the main squad , got covid and missed games recently , lost DC captaincy despite no fault of his . Good to see him back amongst runs in this format.
— ` (@FourOverthrows) February 24, 2022
Ahead of the match, several experts and fans have opined that Iyer should bat at the no.3 position. During his career so far, he has been shuffled across various batting positions in the middle order. Ahead of the match, Iyer talked about the same and said that he is very much comfortable at no.3 position. He said:
“I’m very much comfortable at No.3 because I’ve grown up batting that number. You get to bat in both situations, when a wicket falls early, you are basically an opener, and after that when you get set, you can finish off the game in the end. It’s lovely to bat at that number, but even otherwise, I’m flexible to bat at other positions as well.”
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