1. Shreyas Iyer was born on 6 December 1994 and is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India as a right-handed middle-order batter.
64 Facts About Shreyas Iyer
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Shreyas Iyer plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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Shreyas Iyer was a part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Champions Trophy.
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Shreyas Iyer played for the India Under-19s at the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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Shreyas Iyer was part of the Indian team at the 2023 Cricket World Cup, and scored a century against New Zealand in the semi-finals.
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Shreyas Iyer was a member of the Indian squad that won the 2023 Asia Cup.
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Shreyas Iyer captained the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL from 2022 to 2024, and won his first IPL title as captain in 2024.
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Shreyas Iyer made headlines when the then Delhi Daredevils bought him at the 2015 IPL auction for 2.6 crore.
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Shreyas Iyer made 439 runs that season and won the IPL Emerging Player of the Year award.
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Shreyas Iyer later broke the record for most expensive player in the IPL after the Punjab Kings bought him for 26.75 crore.
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Shreyas Iyer was born on 6 December 1994 in Chembur, Bombay.
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Shreyas Iyer's father, Santosh Iyer, is a Tamilian, and his mother, Rohini Iyer, is a Tuluva.
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At the age of 18, Shreyas Iyer was spotted by coach Pravin Amre at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana, who trained him in his early cricketing days.
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Shreyas Iyer set a new team record with a highest score of 171.
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Shreyas Iyer scored 273 runs in that tournament at an average of 54.60.
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Shreyas Iyer scored a total of 809 runs at an average of 50.56 in his debut Ranji season, including two centuries and six fifties.
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Shreyas Iyer scored 202 not out off 210 balls against the visiting Australia team in a 3-Day Practice match in Mumbai, his highest first-class score.
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Shreyas Iyer was the leading run-scorer for Mumbai in the tournament, with 373 runs in seven matches.
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Shreyas Iyer was the leading run-scorer in that tournament, with 199 runs in three matches.
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In March 2021, Shreyas Iyer was signed by Lancashire for their 2021 season of the Royal London One-Day Cup, but, in July 2021, Shreyas Iyer opted out of the tournament to recover from an injury.
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Shreyas Iyer did not play in the quarter-final against Baroda citing back issues.
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Later, Shreyas Iyer appeared in the semifinal against Tamil Nadu and the final against Vidharbha, as Mumbai went on to win the Ranji Trophy.
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In February 2015, Shreyas Iyer was signed in the 2015 IPL players auction by the Delhi Daredevils for 2.6 crore.
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Shreyas Iyer scored 439 runs in 14 matches, with a 33.76 average and a strike rate of 128.36, and was named the Emerging Player of 2015 IPL.
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Shreyas Iyer was retained by the Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2019 season, in which he led the team into the playoffs for the first time after seven years.
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Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 65 off 50 balls in a losing effort as Mumbai Indians won the final.
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Shreyas Iyer missed half of the 2021 IPL season due to an injury in his left shoulder while playing for India in the first match of an ODI series against England in the same year.
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Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2024 season.
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Shreyas Iyer led the team to the top position of the league stage table.
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Shreyas Iyer became the first captain to lead two teams in the IPL finals.
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Shreyas Iyer scored 351 runs and strengthened the middle-order along with Venkatesh Iyer.
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Shreyas Iyer was released by KKR ahead of the 2025 IPL auction and signed up by Punjab Kings, being named as their captain in January 2025.
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Shreyas Iyer was announced as the captain of the team due to his previous leadership experience in the prior year, with Rishabh Pant being his deputy.
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Shreyas Iyer-led Capitals finished third in the points table and qualified for the IPL playoffs after 2012 with 9 wins and 5 losses in the league stage.
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Shreyas Iyer is the first and only captain to lead Delhi Capitals to an IPL Final.
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The 2021 edition was halted due to second-wave of COVID-19 which helped Shreyas Iyer to be available for the second half of the season, but the management decided to continue with Pant as the team's captain as they wanted a player of Delhi-origin to be the team captain.
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Shreyas Iyer missed the 2023 season due to a back injury and he was succeeded by Nitish Rana as the team's captain for that season.
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Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain of the team before the 2024 season, with Nitish Rana appointed as his deputy.
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Shreyas became the 3rd captain to take the Knight Riders to an IPL final Till 2024, Iyer is the only captain to take two different teams to an IPL final.
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Shreyas Iyer became the second captain of the Knight Riders to lead the team to the ultimate victory.
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Shreyas Iyer became the 5th Indian captain in Indian Premier League history to win the IPL title.
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Shreyas Iyer is the most experienced captain among active captains in the IPL, having acted as captain in 71 matches.
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In March 2017, Shreyas Iyer was included in India's Test squad as a replacement for Virat Kohli before the fourth Test against Australia.
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Shreyas Iyer served as a substitute fielder in the fourth test and successfully ran out Steve O'Keefe for 8.
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In October 2017, Shreyas Iyer was named in India's Twenty20 International squad for their series against New Zealand.
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Shreyas Iyer made his T20I debut for India against New Zealand on 1 November 2017, but he did not bat.
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In November 2017, Shreyas Iyer was named in India's One Day International squad for their series against Sri Lanka.
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Shreyas Iyer made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka on 10 December 2017.
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Shreyas Iyer scored 88 from 70 balls in the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka at Mohali.
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On 18 December 2019, in the second ODI against the West Indies, Shreyas Iyer scored 31 runs in one over, the most scored by a batsman for India in a single over in ODIs.
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On 24 January 2020, in the first T20I against New Zealand, Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 58 off 29 balls and was declared the Man of the Match.
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On 5 February 2020, in the first ODI against New Zealand, Shreyas Iyer scored 103 off 107 balls, his maiden century in ODI cricket.
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In September 2021, Shreyas Iyer was named as one of three reserve players in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
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Shreyas Iyer made his Test debut on 25 November 2021, for India against New Zealand.
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On 25 November 2021, Shreyas Iyer got his Test cap from the former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and scored a maiden century playing against the New Zealand team.
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Shreyas Iyer became the 16th Indian player to score a century in the debut test match and become the first Indian player to score a century and a half century in 2 innings of debut test match.
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In March 2022, Shreyas Iyer was named man of the match after scoring two crucial fifties on a tough turning track in the second Test match against Sri Lanka.
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However, Shreyas Iyer was not picked in the India squad for the T20 World Cup 2022.
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Shreyas Iyer was the 4th Indian player to be out in hit wicket.
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Shreyas Iyer hit 80 runs for just 76 balls in 1st ODI against New Zealand in Eden Park.
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In January 2023, after Sri Lanka series Shreyas Iyer was out from the New Zealand series due to back pain.
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Shreyas Iyer complained about back pain and was taken for the scans.
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Shreyas Iyer was dropped from the series due to back pain.
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India won the match with Shreyas Iyer winning the Man of the Match Award for his performance.