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Indian cricket group batter Shreyas Iyer slammed a superb double century for Mumbai throughout their Ranji Trophy encounter towards Odisha on Thursday. Shreyas, who was not picked for the upcoming Check collection in Australia, regarded in super kind as he reached the milestone in 201 balls with the assistance of twenty-two fours and eight sixes. This was Shreyas’ first first-class double century since he slammed an unbeaten 202 towards Australia throughout the 2017-18 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Iyer was lastly dismissed by Harshit Rathod after scoring 233 off 228 deliveries. This knock may even bolster his probabilities massively within the IPL 2025 auctions as he shall be a high draw after not getting retained by Kolkata Knight Riders.
In the meantime, as India gear up for the four-match T20I collection towards South Africa, Males in Blue skipper Suryakumar Yadav shall be seeking to break a number of information.
Suryakumar made his T20I debut in 2021 towards England, following that he has performed 74 20-over matches and scored 2544 runs at a strike fee of 169.48. He has a median of 42.40. The 34-year-old has smashed 4 centuries and 21 fifties within the shortest format.
The proper-handed batter final led the Males in Blue within the T20I collection towards Bangladesh, the place he scored 112 runs in three innings at a median of 37.33.
Within the upcoming 20-over collection, Suryakumar wants 107 runs to turn out to be the main run-scorer in India-South Africa T20Is.
Presently, the India skipper has scored 346 runs in seven T20I matches towards South Africa at a strike fee of 175.63. He has smashed one century and 4 half-centuries towards the Proteas within the 20-over format. In the meantime, David Miller holds the highest spot with 452 runs from 21 matches at a strike fee of 156.94.
Aside from turning into the main run-scorer in India-South Africa T20Is, the 34-year-old will get the chance to turn out to be the quickest participant to hit 150 sixes in T20Is.
In 74 T20I matches and 71 innings, Suryakumar has hit 44 sixes. He must smash 6 sixes within the four-match T20I collection to realize the milestone.
(With ANI inputs)
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