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Shreyas Iyer became the first captain to score a half-century, creating history in the first T20I against England.
Shreyas Iyer's Historic Half-Century: Shreyas Iyer made history in the first T20I against England. He scored a brilliant 68 runs off 47 balls, hitting six fours and a six.
Shreyas Iyer scored a half-century in the first T20 against England.
The first T20 match between India and England was washed out due to rain. The first T20 match, played at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday, was abandoned due to rain. However, India captain Shreyas Iyer made history in this match. Shreyas Iyer made history by scoring a half-century in the first T20 match against England.
In the first T20I against England, Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant innings of 68 runs from 47 balls. He hit six fours and a six. He became the first Indian captain to score a half-century in T20Is in England. No Indian captain had achieved this feat before him. This was also Shreyas Iyer's first half-century as captain.
You'll be surprised to know that even legendary batsmen like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suryakumar Yadav couldn't achieve this feat. Before Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli had scored the most runs as captain in 2018. King Kohli played an innings of 47 runs as captain in 2018.
India had set a target of 190 runs, but the match was abandoned due to rain.
India had a disastrous start in the first T20I. Sanju Samson (01) and Ishan Kishan (00) were dismissed cheaply. Captain Shreyas Iyer, along with Abhishek Sharma, steadied the Indian innings. Sharma, with his explosive batting, thrashed the English bowlers, smashing 59 runs off just 24 balls. Shreyas Iyer, meanwhile, scored 68 runs off 47 balls. Shivam Dube remained unbeaten on 42 runs off 21 balls. Rain began shortly after India's innings ended, preventing the match from resuming. After a long wait, the match was declared abandoned.
