If Iyer was batting in fourth gear on Saturday, he was refusing to switch it on Sunday
In 1998, a 24-year-old Sachin Tendulkar, playing for Mumbai, bludgeoned the touring Australians all over the park in a day-three tour game at the Brabourne Stadium ahead of a three-Test series against India.
Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 204 off just 192 balls as Mumbai defeated the visiting team by 10 wickets to make a big statement of the challenge that lay ahead of the Australians.
Nineteen years on, a similar statement has been made against the same opposition at the same venue, albeit by a different batsman and a different result.
Shreyas Iyer gave Steve Smith and his spin attack a taste of what to expect from the famed Indian Test batting line-up by stroking an enterprising 202* in 201 balls on the final day of the warm-up game here on Sunday.
Such was the 22-year-old's dominance that he notched up half of his team's first innings score, with India A folding up for 403 in reply to the Australians' first innings total of 469/7 decl. The Australians batted again for 36 overs, making 110/4 before play was called off after four mandatory overs.
If Iyer was batting in fourth gear on Saturday, he was refusing to switch it on Sunday. Resuming his innings on 85, the Mumbai batsman hit four fours off Jackson Bird's first two overs of the day. Probably knowing that they were up against a class act, the Aussies resorted to some chin music. But Iyer loved that as well, shuffling across and gliding Mitchell Marsh from around the wicket for four.
Plan B didn't work. They went back to Plan A. But Plan A was bread and butter for Iyer.
Having taken a special liking to Nathan Lyon on Saturday, Iyer attacked Australia's premier spinner once again, dancing down and smacking him over mid-wicket for a six and followed it up with a slash for a four.
K Gowtham also ran amok, hitting 10 fours and four sixes. But once he perished for 74, Iyer was running out of partners in the hope of reaching a double century.
India A lost their ninth wicket of Ashoke Dinda with Iyer stranded on 184. The youngster knew the only way of achieving his goal was by pushing a gear up.
Iyer hit Steve O'Keefe for two consecutive fours, then slog swept him for another one a ball later to reach 196.
And how do you complete the landmark? The way you started the innings.
Iyer stepped down the track and hoicked O'Keefe over mid-wicket for a maximum to bring up his double, much like his six off Lyon to start his innings.
As India A's innings ended after Navdeep Saini got out, every Australian player applauded Iyer as they walked back to the pavilion. They probably knew he'd given them valuable lessons for the coming weeks.
Though Lyon and O'Keefe took four and three wickets, respectively, the stick they got from the Mumbaikar Iyer and Gowtham would've left a bitter taste in their mouth.
Lyon conceded 162 runs in his 28.5 overs at an economy of 5.61, while the left-armer O'Keefe too went for more than four an over, giving away 101 runs in his 24 overs. Part of it was due to Iyer's brilliance, part of it due to their inability to bowl consistent areas.
Brief scores: Australians 469/7 decl & 110/4 in 36 overs (D Warner 35, P Handscomb 37) drew with India A 403 in 91.5 overs (S Iyer 202*, K Gowtham 74; J Bird 2/60, N Lyon 4/162, S O'Keefe 3/101)
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