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Magnificent double century by shreyas ayyar |
Magnificent double century
by shreyas ayyar
602-run mountain
Siddhesh Lad's unbeaten 169
runs
Shreyas
Iyer, who is eager to make a comeback to the Indian cricket team, scored a
resounding double century on Thursday, his third double century in first-class
cricket. He scored a century in first-class cricket after almost seven years.
He also made a significant innings when Siddhesh Lad scored an unbeaten 169
runs. Both Siddhesh Lad and Shreyas Iyer made a brilliant partnership of 354
runs.
Mumbai
cricket team posted a first innings total of 602 runs with four wickets in their Ranji Trophy Group A match against
Odisha on the back of strong batting from both the batsmen.. Odisha team is
currently trailing. At the end of the second day, Odisha team scored 146 runs
for five wickets and their team is now 456 runs behind. Shreyas Iyer and
Siddhesh Lad made a great partnership. The pair continued their strong
partnership on the second day as they put on a blistering 354-run stand for the
fourth wicket. The duo dominated Odisha's bowling, but Shreyas Iyer hit 24
fours and nine sixes in his well-regarded innings of 233. This is his third
first-class double century. He had previously scored double centuries against
Punjab in 2015 and against Australia in 2017. Shreyas Iyer was dismissed by
Harshit Rathore.