Shreyas Iyer: India performed brilliantly in the first match of the three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe and won by 7 wickets. With this victory, Team India captain Shreyas Iyer registered a big achievement in his name.
Shreyas Iyer: India performed brilliantly in the first match of the three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe and won by 7 wickets. With this victory, Team India captain Shreyas Iyer registered a big achievement in his name. Iyer has broken a special record of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in terms of captaincy in Indian T20 International cricket.
Shreyas Iyer created history
The current captain of the Indian T20 team, Shreyas Iyer has become the first captain in the world to win the toss consecutively in the first 8 matches of his captaincy in T20 International cricket. Before Iyer, this record was held in the name of Gregory Taylor of Bahamas, who had won 7 consecutive toss in the first 7 matches of his captaincy. But now Shreyas Iyer has registered this achievement in his name.
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Dhoni’s record broken
At the same time, this record among Indian captains was in the name of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had won the toss consecutively in the first 7 T20 International matches of his captaincy. MS Dhoni had won the toss seven consecutive times under his captaincy between May 2010 and February 2012. Now Shreyas Iyer has broken this record of Dhoni as soon as he won the toss against Zimbabwe.
First win under captaincy
The victory in the first T20 match played against Zimbabwe is also special for Shreyas Iyer because after becoming the captain, the team had to face defeat in the first 7 matches. This victory against Zimbabwe is the first victory of Team India under the captaincy of Iyer. Under Iyer’s captaincy, India first lost the series 2-0 to Ireland. After this the team had to face 4-0 defeat against England.
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