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Shreyas Iyer created history by scoring a century, made 4 big records, left Chris Gayle and Adam Gilchrist behind.

By Samira Vishwas

Shreyas Iyer records : Shreyas Iyer led his team to victory by scoring a century in the 68th match of IPL 2026 played between Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. In this match, while chasing the target of 197 runs given by Lucknow to win, Shreyas Iyer played a century inning of 101 runs in 51 balls with 11 fours and 5 sixes with a stormy strike rate of 198.03. Along with this unbeaten century, Shreyas Iyer also made 4 big records in his name. Today we are going to tell you about these four records of Shreyas Iyer.

Shreyas Iyer did wonders for Punjab Kings

With this century, Shreyas Iyer has become the third captain to score a century for Punjab Kings. Before him, KL Rahul (132* vs RCB, 2020) and Adam Gilchrist (106 vs RCB, 2011) had scored centuries. Now Iyer has become the third captain to score a century for Punjab Kings.

  • Shreyas Iyer – 101
  • KL Rahul – 132*
  • Adam Gilchrist – 106

Centuries by captains while chasing in IPL

Shreyas Iyer has become the fourth captain to score a century while chasing runs as captain in the Indian Premier League. While chasing in IPL, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson have scored centuries before Shreyas Iyer.

  • 119 – Virender Sehwag vs Deccan, 2011
  • 108* – Virat Kohli vs RPS, 2016
  • 119 – Sanju Samson vs PBKS, 2021
  • 101 – Shreyas Iyer vs LSG, 2026

Shreyas Iyer left Chris Gayle behind

Shreyas Iyer has become the fourth batsman to score the highest 50 plus score for Punjab Kings. Iyer has scored 50 plus 12 times for Punjab Kings. With this he has left Chris Gayle behind. Gayle has scored 50 plus 11 times for Punjab Kings. Whereas KL Rahul (25), Shaun Marsh (21) and Prabhsimran Singh (14) remain at first, second and third positions respectively.

Shreyas Iyer left Suryakumar Yadav behind

By playing a century inning of 101 runs in this match, Shreyas Iyer has completed his 7000 runs in T20 cricket. He has achieved the feat of seven thousand runs in 247 innings. With this, he has also left behind Suryakumar Yadav, who had achieved the feat of 7000 runs in 249 innings.

Indian batsman who scored 7000 runs in the fewest innings

  • KL Rahul- 197 innings
  • Virat Kohli – 212 innings
  • Shikhar Dhawan – 246 innings
  • Shreyas Iyer – 247 innings
  • Suryakumar Yadav -249 innings

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