Mumbai batter Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant knock, scoring a free-flowing double century against Odisha in the Ranji Trophy at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Mumbai on Thursday.
Iyer reached the landmark with a boundary off Debabrata Pradhan, taking 201 balls to get to his double hundred. He smashed 21 fours and eight sixes, dominating the Odisha bowlers on his way to his third First-Class double ton.
Immediately after bringing up his double hundred, Shreyas struck another four off Pradhan, surpassing his previous highest First-Class score of 202, made for India A against Australia in 2017.
This century marks Iyer’s second consecutive hundred, having scored a ton against Maharashtra in the previous round, although he missed the match against Tripura due to injury.
Iyer has been out of India's Test squad since February 2024, he last featured in the Test series against England and after that, the batter lost his central contract. He last played his ODI clash against Sri Lanka where Rohit Sharma-led side lost the series 2-0. His last T20I appearance came in 2023 against Australia in Bengaluru.
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Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2024
Shreyas Iyer missed the Indian Premier League 2023 because of a back injury and he made his comeback for Kolkata Knight Riders in the last edition of the tournament. Shreyas-led Kolkata won the title defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in a one-sided final. Iyer helped KKR to lift their third IPL title. However, things did not go in his favour as the franchise released him before the mega auction of the marquee event. KKR retained Rinku Singh (Rs 13 Cr.), Varun Chakaravarthy (12 Cr), Sunil Narine (12 Cr), Andre Russell (12 Cr), Harshit Rana (4 Cr), and Ramandeep Singh (4 Cr).
Shreyas Iyer to be part of IPL mega auction
Shreyas Iyer will be part of the mega auction which is scheduled to take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This year's auction marks the second consecutive year that the event will be held overseas, following the 2024 auction in Dubai.
There will be 1,574 players who will go under the hammer where 1,165 Indian players and 409 overseas talents. The auction will take place at the Abady Al Johar Arena, also known as the Benchmark Arena, and franchises will have the opportunity to fill a total of 204 available slots in their squads, with each team permitted to build a roster of up to 25 players.
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