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Shreyas Iyer was a little nervous at the start, played some streaky shots but stayed on the crease to notch up his maiden Test fifty.
Updated : Nov 25, 2021, 04:20 PM IST
Debutant Shreyas Iyer made his mark in his very first innings in Test cricket as he overcame a scratchy start to bring up his maiden half-century against New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. Iyer arrived in the middle in a tricky situation when India had lost two wickets in space of a few overs after the lunch break.
After playing half-a-dozen dot deliveries he decided to take on the bowling but couldn't time it well and fortunately for him, the ball was far away from running Kane Williamson at mid-off. After that shot, Shreyas became a little more restrained, however, didn't curb his natural instincts.
Whenever the ball was dropped short or in his area, he latched onto it in a flash.
India had a fantastic partnership between Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara for the second wicket, however, both went out in quick succession needing stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and debutant Iyer to rebuild.
Rahane was dismissed by Kyle Jamieson after scoring 35 runs, but Iyer continued on.
He got an able ally in Ravindra Jadeja as both of them played the ball to its merit and frustrated the visitors. Iyer, after which brought up his maiden fifty in 94 balls as he helped India's score to get to 200.
FIFTY!@ShreyasIyer15 brings up his maiden Test 50 on his debut game
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 25, 2021
Live - https://t.co/WRsJCUhS2d #INDvNZ @Paytm pic.twitter.com/oH3WHHtAo1
The fans couldn't help but feel happy for Shreyas Iyer, whose untimely injury meant he was axed from the T20 World Cup side, wasn't made captain back in the second half of the IPL by Delhi Capitals, but now has made his debut and played a classy knock. Here are some of the reactions:
Class, pure class!#ShreyasIyer pic.twitter.com/C0ZDRRtPRG
— Aman (@132notout) November 25, 2021
#ShreyasIyer is a long term solution for India's middle order problems across all formats. Always found him as Mr Dependable. With all the swag he displays, there is a matured head and a solid technique to back his cricket in the middle. #INDvNZ #INDVsNZT20 #Iyer
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) November 25, 2021
Fifty on Debut Test Innings for @ShreyasIyer15
— Pramod (@PPacchiii) November 25, 2021
India Cricket future is shape hand..
Shreyas Iyer
pic.twitter.com/1CXwuvRZVL
From getting injured dropped from T20WC lost his captaincy to coming back with a fifty in test debut Shreyas Iyer make this into 100 #ShreyasIyer #INDvNZ @ShreyasIyer15
— KaifisAlive (@cumfasttt) November 25, 2021
Shreyas Iyer to test gods : https://t.co/2j9JpR7GM1 pic.twitter.com/OVVAvTpxOW
— Amit Joshi (@iOnlyAJ) November 25, 2021
That was a very watchable half-century from Iyer. #INDvNZ
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) November 25, 2021
Good start to Shreyas' test career. A fifty which has come in a tricky situation.
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) November 25, 2021
50 on Test Debut !
— Shivam Jaiswal (@7jaiswalshivam) November 25, 2021
Well played @ShreyasIyer15 #INDvNZ #ShreyasIyer pic.twitter.com/JKqlYGsOaq
Well Well Well...#IndiaVsNewZealand #ShreyasIyer #BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/kCORNCV4Ge
— Chaitanya V Kanitkar (@Chaitanya7007) November 25, 2021
shreyas iyer on his way to get to his test century on debut #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/oVewEkaBzz
— cuteish (@eee_shani) November 25, 2021