Shreyas Iyer has gone through a lot of agonies this year. Suffering a major shoulder injury in the T20I series against England, having to undergo surgery, missing the first leg of IPL and losing his place in India’s T20 World Cup squad, he has been through a fair bit of slide, but finally, the upward curve seems to have begun for a very talented Mumbai batsman as he scored a hundred in his debut test match today against New Zealand in Kanpur.
Shreyas Iyer was not in line to play this test match initially as the Indian team management was thinking about using Shubman Gill in the middle order, with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal opening the batting, but because of the muscle injury of Rahul, Gill had to open the batting with Agarwal and Shreyas was given the opportunity at the vacant middle-order spot, which he grabbed with both hands.
India were not really in a great position when Shreyas Iyer walked in to bat yesterday, but first with a brief partnership with the captain Ajinkya Rahane and then with a 100-run partnership with the all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas got India back on track.
Shreyas Iyer hit a flurry of boundaries in the morning session of day 2
Unbeaten on his overnight score of 75, Shreyas came out all guns blazing in the morning session today and although the ball was swinging a little bit, he didn’t back down from his aggressive approach as a flurry of boundaries saw him get to his hundred very, very quickly, even though a couple of wickets fell at the other end.
Twitter was full of admiration for this knock, not just because Shreyas bailed India out of trouble and put them in a decent position in the test match, but also because of the way he turned it around for himself, from getting severely inured to making such a grand comeback and scoring a hundred on test debut.
Here is how Twitter reacted when Shreyas Iyer completed his hundred today –
Injured, Missed out IPL 2021 first half, lost the captaincy in Delhi Capitals, Sri Lanka tour (should have lead the team), was not part of the 15 member squad of T20 World Cup 2021 then to hundred on his Test debut – the journey of Shreyas Iyer in 2021. pic.twitter.com/Qd1hejvEtu
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 26, 2021
Happiness of Rahul Dravid and teammates when Shreyas Iyer completed his Hundred. pic.twitter.com/WWJcX838Gx
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) November 26, 2021
💯 on debut 👏 that to came at the difficult stage #ShreyasIyer pic.twitter.com/BDXzMrTQcb
— Cricket with Riya (@Cricket_Riya) November 26, 2021
Shreyas Iyer – Maiden Test Century.
What a composed knock on debut Shrey. Make it a bigger one 🔥🔥🔥#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/26FzcSIRz4
— 💙AK #MI 💙 (@ak_sr10) November 26, 2021
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Congratulations Shreyas Iyer for century in first innings on debut. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 @ShreyasIyer15 #INDvsNZ
— ashmit770 (@ashmit770) November 26, 2021
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100 on Test debut for Shreyas Iyer!
Top innings #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/J0e7ohOoey— Ro (@Roebelious) November 26, 2021
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What a Beauty #ShreyasIyer pic.twitter.com/pXQcTrlhdk
— Rahul Tyagi (@Rahultya6i) November 26, 2021
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What an incredible achievement by #ShreyasIyer. 💯 in debut test match. Take a bow champ. @ShreyasIyer15 #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/kSHjogPa9s
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) November 26, 2021
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Century on Debut!
Phenomenal achievement #ShreyasIyer pic.twitter.com/kVQoikGjb1— Venkat Parthasarathy (@Venkrek) November 26, 2021
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With this century on test debut from #ShreyasIyer, test cricket has seen a phenomenon that happens once in nearly a decade. Four centuries by test debutantes in 2021. Last time this happened was 2009. However… pic.twitter.com/aesUBaicuR
— Sriram Iyer (@iyer_sriram) November 26, 2021
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