Shreyas Iyer creates history, scores 147 in 55 balls, Breaks 3 big records together

India's talented young batsmen Shreyas Iyer has created history on the first day of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019. Playing for Mumbai team, Iyer scored 147 runs off 55 balls against Sikkim team in Indore.

Mumbai scored 258/4 in 20 overs, thanks to Shreyas Iyer's excellent innings, which is a new record for the highest team total in the history of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, In reply, The Sikkim team scored just 104/7 in 20 overs and lost the match by huge 154 runs. With this knock, Iyer has broken 3 big records together. Let's see.

1. Highest number by an Indian batsman in T20 cricket:

Shreyas Iyer has become the player to score highest runs in T20 cricket for India. Prior to him, this record was named after Rishabh Pant who scored 128* runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2018.

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2. Most sixes in a T20 Innings for India:

Shreyas Iyer scored 15 sixes in his knock of 147, which is also a new record for most sixes by an Indian batsman in a T20 inning. In this case, also Shreyas Iyer broke the record of Rishabh Pant. Pant scored 12 sixes in the match between Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh last year.

3. Highest partnership for 3rd wicket in T20 cricket:

Shreyas Iyer shared a 213-run partnership with Suryakumar Yadav for the third wicket. This is a new world record for the third wicket partnership in T20 cricket. Earlier, this record was named after Alex Hales and AB de Villiers, who added 184 runs in BPL 2019. Unfortunately, Shreyas Iyer missed another milestone of becoming the first Indian to score a 150 in T20 by just 3 runs, while Iyer completed his century in just 38 balls.

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