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Shreyas Iyer did what legends like Sachin, Dravid could not do, made this record

IND vs NZ 1st Test: Shreyas Iyer has made a record on the fourth day of the Kanpur Test, which till date no Indian player including legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid has been able to make it. Shreyas Iyer has scored 65 runs in the second innings after scoring a century in the first innings of his debut Test. In this way, he has become the first Indian player to score 50+ runs in both the innings of his first Test match.

16th player to score century and half-century in debut test

Before Shreyas, 15 players have so far scored a century and a half-century in both the innings of their first Test. He has now become the 16th player in this list. At the same time, he is the first player among Indian players who have scored both a century and a half-century in the debut test.

Shreyas Iyer 112th player to score a century in debut Test, 16th from India

Shreyas scored 105 runs in the first innings of the Kanpur Test. Thanks to this innings, he became the 112th player to score a century in the debut test. At the same time, he is the 16th player in India, who has scored a century in his very first Test. Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma are also included in this list.

Shreyas is the 303rd player to play Test for India

Shreyas Iyer is the 303rd player to play Test cricket for India. He was handed over the Test cap in the presence of all the players and support staff of the team just before the toss at Green Park, Kanpur. Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar handed him the Test cap.

Made his international debut against New Zealand four years ago

Shreyas Iyer made his international debut against New Zealand. The T20 match held on 1 November 2017 was his first international match. So far, he has scored 580 runs in 32 T20 Internationals at an average of 27.61. During this, he has also scored three half-centuries. In the year 2017 itself, Shreyas also got a chance for ODI debut. In December, he got a chance to play the first ODI on the tour of Sri Lanka. He has scored 813 runs in 22 ODIs at an average of 42.78. He also has a century in his name in ODIs.

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