Shreyas Iyer, the middle order batsman for the Indian cricket team, managed to set a special record in ODIs on New Zealand soil. He achieved this position in the first match of the ODI series that was played in Auckland. In this match, he played an 80-run innings. Overall, this is his thirteenth half-century in ODI cricket. Apart from this, he has scored the sixth half century in the last eight innings of ODIs. As soon as Shreyas completed 50 runs in today’s match, he broke MS Dhoni’s record on New Zealand soil.
Shreyas Iyer has now scored 50 or more runs on New Zealand soil four times in a row. This was his fourth half century on Kiwi soil. In this matter, he left MS Dhoni behind. Former cricketer Dhoni had previously scored 3 consecutive half centuries in New Zealand. Shreyas has had a blistering performance in ODIs in New Zealand thus far. Including this match, he has played four matches here so far. In all these matches, he managed to score 50 or more runs. Previously, Shreyas scored 103 not out, 52 and 62 in three matches in New Zealand. And today, in the fourth game, he managed to score 80 runs.
Shreyas Iyer is a great hitter. Despite this, he still hasn’t had enough opportunities in Team India. Every time he got the chance to play for the Indian team, he proved his worth. If we look at Shreyas’ ODI career, he has so far played 34 ODIs for India. During this Shreyas scored 1379 runs. He has 2 centuries and 13 half centuries to his name in ODIs. His highest score in ODI cricket is 113 not out.
