India batter Shreyas Iyer showed his caliber in the longest form of the game when he masterfully crafted 92 and 67 on a turning pitch with a pink ball in the recently concluded second Test against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.
Shreyas Iyer had made his India ODI debut in 2017 in Dharamsala and T20I debut against New Zealand in the same year.
He had made an impactful debut in the Test against New Zealand with a century and a fifty in his first outing in whites for India. However, with Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane being dropped for the Sri Lanka series, Iyer was slotted at no.5 spot which was held by Rahane.
Now his year-old chat with R Ashwin has gone viral in which he can be heard telling his story of making an appearance in the white jersey for the first time. Ashwin was amazed to realize that Iyer’s debut came in late 2021 when he even appeared in a white jersey for India back in 2017.
He had appeared for India in whites as a substitute fielder for Virat Kohli in the 2017 Dharamsala Test against Australia. Ashwin was amazed to realize that Iyer’s debut came in late 2021 when he even appeared in a white jersey for India back in 2017.
“Obviously, my first priority was to play Test cricket when I first started playing cricket. My first-class record has been really amazing so far. I have always played attacking cricket in domestic, but, yeah, I haven’t got the chance. I have got one run-out. I didn’t make my debut but I still got one run-out. That’s an achievement for me. This was against Australia in Dharamsala. Virat (Kohli) had a shoulder issue and I came in as a replacement (fielder),” Iyer had told Ashwin on his show DRS with Ash.
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