Iyer made 105 and 65 on his Test debut vs New Zealand in Kanpur; 1st Indian batter to do so.
Iyer made the most of the chance he got in the whites and celebrated his debut with a very good 105 in the first innings. India was in a spot of bother at 145/4 when Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja added 121 runs for the 5th wicket. Iyer hit 2 sixes and 13 fours in his knock, helping India to 345 runs.
After gaining a crucial 49-run lead by bowling New Zealand out for 296 runs, India found themselves in a huge bother at 51/5 in the second innings, when Iyer and R Ashwin came together and steadied the ship a bit with a 52-run stand for the 6th wicket.
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Iyer continued and added a further 64 runs with Wriddhiman Saha and in the process made 65 runs with 8 fours and 1 six. He became the first Indian batter to score a century and a fifty in his debut Test.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for the Mumbai batter and a few even called for his retention in the playing XI for the second Test in Mumbai.
Here are a few tweets: