Shreyas Iyer etched his name into Indian cricket folklore after hitting a blistering, record-shattering century in the first T20I of the five-match series against the West Indies at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday night.
Beyond sealing a dominant eight-wicket win, the knock from Iyer rewrote multiple records in men’s T20 International cricket. First Indian captain to score a T20I century chasing While previous captaincy centuries for India came while setting targets batting first, Iyer became the first Indian captain to score a hundred during a T20I run chase. Leading the side from the front, Iyer hammered an unbeaten 102 off just 43 balls (10 fours and 6 sixes) to guide India through a 172-run chase in just 14.4 overs. Highest score by an Indian captain in a successful T20I chase Shreyas Iyer surpassed Virat Kohli’s long-standing record of 94* (achieved against the West Indies in Hyderabad in 2019) to claim the highest individual score by an Indian skipper while chasing to victory. Third Indian captain with a T20I century Iyer joined an elite, three-man club of Indian captains to score a T20I hundred, alongside Rohit Sharma (3) and Suryakumar Yadav (1).
