IND vs WI | Shreyas Iyer becomes the second fastest Indian batter to score 1000 ODI runs

Indian middle order batter Shreyas Iyer had a good game with the bat in hand against the West Indies in the first ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday. During the course of his innings, he also went onto become the joint-second fastest Indian batter to attain the milestone of fastest to 1000 runs in Men’s One Day International Cricket. 

Shreyas Iyer chipped in with a crucial fifty to help India post a daunting total of 308/7. Skipper and opening batter Shikhar Dhawan top scored for India with a sublime almost run a ball 97 off 99 which was studded with 10 glorious boundaries and three huge sixes. Windies,on the other hand, agonisingly fell three runs short of India’s target. Kyle Mayers emerged the top scorer for the hosts, scoring 75 off 68 blasting 10 fours and one maximum.  

Shreyas Iyer ties with Navjot Singh Sidhu for the second fastest to 1000 ODI runs 

Iyer scored 54 off 57 deliveries, an inning which featured five fours and two sixes before he was dismissed by young spinner Gudakesh Motie in the thirty-sixth over. Iyer, who usually bats at no.4 came in at number three following Shubman Gill’s dismissal. 

During the course of his innings, he tied with former opening batter Navjot Singh Sidhu for being the second fastest Indian batter to score 1000 ODI runs. Both Sidhu and Iyer have achieved the milestone in just 25 innings. Iyer has 10 half centuries and one century to his name in ODI cricket as well.

The fastest Indian batters to score 1000 runs in One Day Internationals are Virat Kohli and the current stand-in skipper Shikhar Dhawan, both of whom achieved the record in a mere 24 innings. 

Fastest to 1000 runs for India in Men’s ODI by innings batted:

• Virat Kohli – 24

• Shikhar Dhawan – 24

• Navjot Singh Sidhu – 25

• Shreyas Iyer – 25

• KL Rahul – 27

• MS Dhoni – 29

• Ambati Rayudu – 29

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