Shreyas Iyer vs West Indies: Indian captain Shreyas Iyer registered his name in golden letters in the history of cricket by thrashing the West Indies bowlers at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In the first T20 match played between India and West Indies, the Indian team registered a one-sided victory by 8 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. In this match, while chasing the target of 172 runs, captain Shreyas Iyer created such a ruckus that Team India scored 172 runs by losing 2 wickets in just 14.4 overs. This was also Shreyas Iyer’s 10th consecutive T20I win as captain.

Hit a stormy century in 42 balls

An amazing change was seen in this innings of Shreyas Iyer. Playing cautiously at first, he completed his half-century in 28 balls. After this, he attacked the Caribbean bowling in such a way that he scored the next 50 runs in just 14 balls. That is, Shreyas completed his century in just 42 balls and in the end gave India a memorable victory by scoring unbeaten 102 runs with the help of 10 fours and 6 sixes in 43 balls.

7th Indian to score centuries in all three formats

On the basis of this century innings, Shreyas Iyer has become only the seventh batsman in the history of India to score a century in all three formats of men’s international cricket. Before him, only Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal could achieve this feat.

Third Indian to score a century as captain

Shreyas Iyer, who scored a century as Indian T20 captain, has now become the third Indian captain after Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. With this, he has come jointly at third place in terms of fastest T20 century among the captains of full member countries.

Captain who scored the fastest T20I century of full-member teams

• Sikandar Raza: 33 balls vs Gambia (Nairobi, 2024)


• Rohit Sharma: 35 balls vs Sri Lanka (Indore, 2017)


• Harry Brook: 42 balls vs Sri Lanka (Southampton, 2026)


• Shreyas Iyer: 42 balls vs West Indies (Lucknow, 2026)

T20 run chase and entry in special club against West Indies

• Century in T20 run chase: Shreyas is only the third batsman for India to score a century while chasing runs in T20. Before him, only Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma were able to achieve this feat.


• T20 century against West Indies: Shreyas’s name has now joined Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul among the batsmen who have scored a century in T20 against the Caribbean team for India.


• 50+ scores as captain: In the list of highest 50+ scores by Indian captains in T20, Shreyas Iyer (3) is now moving into the club of Rohit Sharma (16), Virat Kohli (13) and Suryakumar Yadav (9).