Shreyas Iyer transformed his 2nd successive Ranji Trophy century right into a double hundred on day 2 (November 7) of the Mumbai-Odisha clash at the BKC ground in Mumbai.
Iyer had actually racked up a 101-ball century on the initial day, ending up unbeaten on 152 as Mumbai competed off to 385-3 versus a toothless Odisha bowling strike. He after that returned on day 2 and returned to simply where he had actually ended, reaching his double hundred in simply 201 spheres.
Iyer was lastly puzzled off the bolwing of Harshit Rathod for a 228-ball 233, a knock that consisted of 24 fours and as several as 9 6s. This was Iyer’s 3rd double century in superior cricket, with the last one having actually come 7 years back in 2017, when he was standing for India A versus a touring Australian side. The just various other event when Iyer has actually gone across 200 in superior cricket, remained in 2015 versusPunjab
All 3 of Iyer’s superior double centuries have actually been available in Mumbai, yet each in a various location. The initially one came with the Wankhede Stadium, the 2nd at the Brabourne Stadium, and the current one that he racked up today has actually come with the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Bandra-Kurla Complex Unsurprisingly, each of his 200-plus knocks have actually come with a fast price, with the slowest being his double ton versus the Australians, which came with a strike price of 96.19.
Shreyas Iyer’s greatest superior ratings
| Score | Balls | Strike Rate | Fours | Sixes | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 233 | 228 | 102.19 | 24 | 9 | Odisha | BKC, Mumbai | 7/11/24 |
| 202 * | 210 | 96.19 | 27 | 7 | Australians | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 19/2/17 |
| 200 | 176 | 113.63 | 25 | 5 | Punjab | Wankhede, Mumbai | 9/10/15 |
Shreyas Iyer has actually registered his greatest superior rating, making his 3rd double hundred, and initially in 7 years
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Iyer has actually remained in an abundant capillary of type recently. Having been overlooked for the lately ended home period, where India won 2-0 versus Bangladesh and shed 0-3 versus New Zealand, Iyer was likewise ignored for the upcoming Australian Test trip. In truth, he had not been also thought about for the India A team that is playing a two-unofficial Test seres versus Australia A.
Despite the duplicated snubs, and all the off-field babble around him missing out on Mumbai’s previous Ranji component versus Tripura and not being maintained by Kolkata Knight Riders in advance of the IPL 2025 public auction, Iyer has actually gone from toughness to toughness with the bat.
Iyer’s last India look was available in the three-match ODI collection that India shed in Sri Lanka 3 months back. His last Test suit protested England, previously this year, where he made 27 and 29 inVisakhapatnam Currently, his Test statistics review 811 go for 36.86 from 14 video games with one hundred and 5 fifties.
With the Indian Test group beginning to enter into a change duration, Iyer would certainly intend to make this a bumper period and compel his back right into the side.
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