India’s T20I captain Shreyas Iyer etched his name into the record books on Tuesday in Lucknow, producing a breathtaking, unbeaten 102 off just 43 balls against the West Indies. In doing so, Iyer became the first Indian captain in men’s T20I history to score a century during a run chase.
Shreyas’ historic knock powered India to a crushing eight-wicket victory in the opening match of the five-match series, hunting down a 172-run target in a mere 14.4 overs with 32 balls to spare at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
The previous highest by an India captain while batting second in T20Is was 94 not out by Virat Kohli against the same opponent in Hyderabad in 2019. Iyer’s masterclass marks the first time an Indian captain has scored a century in a run chase in the shortest format. T20I hundreds as India captain
both of their captaincy hundreds came while setting a target While Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav have previously scored centuries as India’s T20I skipper.
