Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Santosh Iyer (born 6 December 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a right-handed batter.

He has played in all formats for the Indian team.

Iyer scored a century in his debut test match and a half-century in the second innings against New Zealand in November 2021 and became the first Indian player to do so.

Iyer plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

Shreyas Iyer was born on 6 December 1994 in the Chembur, Bombay (Mumbai).

His father Santosh Iyer is Tamilian and his mother Rohini iyer is a Tuluva.

His ancestors are from Thrissur, Kerala.

He was educated at Don Bosco High School, Matunga and at Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.

At the age of 18, Iyer was spotted by coach Pravin Amre at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana.

Amre trained him in his early cricketing days.

Iyer's teammates at the age group levels used to compare him to Virender Sehwag.

During his graduation from Podar College in Mumbai, Iyer helped his college team to lift some trophies.

He played for the India Under-19 cricket team at the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

He was named in the India Squad for 2023 Cricket World Cup.

In 2014, Iyer represented the Trent Bridge Cricket Team.

During a trip to the UK, he played three matches scoring 297 runs at an average of 99 with a highest score of 171, a new team record.

Iyer made his List A debut for Mumbai in November 2014, playing in the 2014–15 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

He scored 273 runs in that tournament at an average of 54.60.

Iyer made his first-class cricket debut in December 2014 during the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy.

He scored a total of 809 runs in his debut Ranji season at an average of 50.56 including two centuries and six fifties.

He was 7th highest scorer of 2014–15 Ranji Trophy.

He made headlines when Delhi Daredevils bought him at the 2015 IPL auction for Rs 2.6 crore (about US$416,000).

It was faith he repaid with interest: he made 439 runs that season, and won the IPL Emerging Player of the Year award.

Over the next six seasons, he became a mainstay of the side and its captain, making over 400 runs a season for them four times.

In the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, Iyer scored 1,321 runs during the tournament including four centuries and seven fifties at an average of 73.39, becoming the top scorer of the Ranji season and the second player to score 1,300 runs in a single Ranji Trophy competition.

In February 2015, Iyer was signed in the 2015 IPL players auction by the Delhi Daredevils for 2.6 crores (approximately $430,000).

Thus Iyer became the highest-earning uncapped player in the tournament.

He scored 439 runs in 14 matches, with a 33.76 average and a strike rate of 128.36, making Iyer the 9th most consistent player and Emerging Player of 2015 IPL.

In the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, Iyer scored 725 runs including two centuries and two fifties at an average of 42.64.

He scored 202 not out off 210 balls, against the visiting Australia team in a 3-Day Practice match in Mumbai, his highest first-class score.

In September 2018, Iyer was named as the vice-captain of Mumbai for the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament.

He was the leading run-scorer for Mumbai in the tournament, with 373 runs in seven matches.

In October 2018, Iyer was named as the captain of India B's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.

He was also the leading run-scorer in the Deodhar Trophy, with 199 runs in three matches.

Delhi Daredevils retained Iyer in the 2018 IPL Auction.

On 25 April 2018, he was announced as the new captain of Delhi Daredevils replacing Gautam Gambhir.

On 27 April 2018, he became the youngest captain to lead the Delhi Daredevils team in the IPL history at the age of 23 years and 142 days during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders and was also the fourth overall youngest to captain any IPL side.

On his IPL captaincy debut, Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten match-winning knock of 93 off 40 deliveries with 10 sixes, which was his third successive IPL fifty of the season to power DD to a heavy total of 219/5 in the first innings of the match before earning him the man of the match award.

In February 2019, in the opening round of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy tournament, Iyer made the highest total by an Indian batsman in a T20 match, scoring 147 runs.

In March 2021, Iyer was signed by Lancashire for their 2021 season of the Royal London One-Day Cup.