-Vinay Kumar
India’s explosive young batsman Shreyas Iyer performed well in the 3-match T20 series (SL vs IND T20I Series, 2022) against Sri Lanka. In all three matches of this series, a half-century came from his bat. Not only this, he was also not out in all the matches. The history of international cricket shows that he became the fourth Indian batsman to score half-centuries in three consecutive matches in T20I cricket. With this fresh performance, he has also overtaken the former captain of the Indian team and one of the world’s great batsmen, Virat Kohli.
Significantly, Shreyas Iyer scored a total of 204 runs in all three matches of the T20I series against Sri Lanka while remaining not out. History tells that he is the first batsman from India in T20I cricket to cross the 200-run mark in a bilateral series of a T20I match. Before him, Virat Kohli, the former captain of the Indian team and very aggressive batsman known as ‘Run Machine’, had a record of 199 runs, which he made in 2016.
Apart from this, Shreyas Iyer has become the fourth Indian batsman to score half-centuries in 3 consecutive T20I Internationals. The names of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and current captain Rohit Sharma were included in this list before him. It is worth noting that Virat Kohli has done this feat 3 times in his career and KL Rahul has registered the record twice.
Indian batsmen to score half-centuries in 3 consecutive T20Is
Virat Kohli – 68, 79, 50 (2012)
Virat Kohli- 72, 77, 66 (2014)
Virat Kohli- 90, 59, 50 (2016)
Rohit Sharma- 89, 56, 97 (2018)
KL Rahul- 54, 56, 57 (2020)
KL Rahul- 69, 50, 54 (2021)
Shreyas Iyer- 57, 74, 73 (2022)
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