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Mumbai skipper Shreyas Iyer came out to bat at No. 9 and played a heroic knock to guide his side to a three-wicket win against Hyderabad in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. The game saw Hyderabad suffering a massive batting collapse, and managed to post a below-par target of 170 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B in Ahmedabad on Monday, December 23. However, things didn’t turn out to be favourable for Mumbai as the Iyer-led side found themselves reeling on 67 for 6 in the 13th over.
Iyer, instead of coming out to bat after the fall of first two wickets, walked out later and sent in bowling all-rounders and lower-order batters. The batting order shuffle led to Hardik Tamore, Suryansh Shedge, Atharva Ankolekar, Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian coming in to bat before him and T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav. However, Iyer’s strategies soon backfired as Mumbai were soon reduced to 67 for 6. Not only this, but Suryakumar Yadav also couldn’t do much, and was forced to walk back after scoring eight 18 runs.
Shreyas Iyer walks out to bat after Mumbai get reduced to 105/7
Shreyas Iyer came into bat after his side was in dire need of stability after having reduced to 105/7. The 30-year-old took steering in his hands, and came up with an impressive performance of 44* runs off just 20 balls. The former KKR batter slammed three towering maximums and four boundaries to take Mumbai home with three wickets in hand and 148 balls to spare. Iyer’s knock was anchored by Kotian, who remained unbeaten for a 37-ball 39.
This was Iyer’s second impressive knock after his 114* off 55 balls in Mumbai’s opening clash to Karnataka. With his knock against Hyderabad, Iyer has now recorded 5,742 runs across 146 List A games with an average of 47 plus. He has a strike rate around 99, and has included 13 tons and 35 half-centuries. Iyer has scored 2,421 runs in ODIs at 47.47. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Iyer has completed 1,618 runs at 55.79.
