Ahead of the Champions Trophy, Shreyas Iyer created a ruckus, hitting a storming century with 10 sixes off 50 balls.

The 2025 Champions Trophy will be played at a neutral venue in Pakistan. Although there is still some time left in this competition, many players have already established themselves through fierce competition. There is one such Indian player who is currently out of the Test and T20I squads but he won the Champions Trophy by scoring a storming century. This player is none other than Shreyas Iyer. Iyer, who plays for Mumbai, created a sensation with his explosive goal in the first match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Shreyas completed his century in just 50 balls , destroyed Karnataka’s bowlers.

Score a century at a strike rate of 200

Iyer played 100 innings, scored 114 runs off 55 balls, and remained unbeaten. Iyer’s stormy century can be gauged from the fact that he hit twice as many sixes as fours. He hit 10 skyscraper sixes and 5 fours with the bat. He hit explosive centuries at a strike rate of 207.27. Thanks to Iyer’s mesmerizing century innings, Mumbai posted a high score of 382 runs after losing 4 wickets in the first match of 50 overs. Iyer gave the Karnataka bowlers a challenge with the first ball in the first match of Group C of the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He completed his half-century in the first 31 balls and then completed the great feat of a century in the next 19 balls. Iyer batted just 13 balls and scored no runs. During his explosive century, 70% of his runs were scored at the boundary.

Al is in great shape

Iyer has been in excellent form over the past few months. Iyer scored a century in the Ranji Trophy and also produced a century in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and helped his team win the title. Now, he has created a buzz in the cricketing world with his explosive century start in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Shreyas Iyer does not have a central contract. He was dropped from the team for neglecting domestic cricket. However, his claim for the ODIs remains strong. He played his last ODI match for India in Sri Lanka in August.

Shreyas Iyer 2024

  • ranji trophy – 452 runs, 90.4 average, 88.8 SR.
  • Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – 345 runs, 49.3 average, SR 188.5.
  • Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 – 114*(55) in the first game.

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