In the second T20 International against South Africa in Cuttack, the Indian team scored 148 for 6 in 20 overs. Shreyas Iyer played the biggest innings for India in this match and faced 35 balls and scored 40 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 fours. Iyer broke a record of Yuvraj Singh based on his innings and went ahead of him.
Shreyas Iyer’s 38 matches in T20 International cricket and his 34 innings he has scored a total of 885 runs so far. Shreyas Iyer came at number four for India’s highest run-scorer in T20 International cricket in his first 34 innings. Earlier, Yuvraj Singh was at number four with 879 runs in 34 innings, but now he has slipped to number five. Kohli is at number one with 1327 runs in terms of scoring the most runs in his first 34 innings in T20 International cricket for India. On the other hand, KL Rahul is at number two with 1293 runs, while Suresh Raina is at number three with 894 runs.
Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs in the first 34 innings for India in T20I-
1327 – Virat Kohli
1293 – KL Rahul
894 – Suresh Raina
885 – Shreyas Iyer
879 – Yuvraj Singh
Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s T20 career, he has so far scored 885 runs in 38 matches at an average of 36.87 which does not include a single century. Shreyas Iyer’s best innings in his T20 International career is 74 not out.