Shreyas Iyer blazed by in opposition to the Goa bowling assault in Mumbai’s first match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) on Saturday, scoring a blistering 130* off simply 57 balls.
Iyer’s whirlwind knock, the third ton of his T20 profession, ultimately ended up being simply above par for Mumbai as Goa provided an enormous scare in a 251-run chase on the Gymkhana Floor in Hyderabad, shedding solely by 26 runs.
Regardless of an all-format snub, the out-of-favour India batter proved only a day earlier than the IPL 2025 Mega Public sale in Jeddah, that he could be a power to reckon with and could be an ideal asset, regardless of the crew that may maintain out the paddle for him.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made a shocking choice by dropping Iyer from a full deck of six retentions. Ought to they want to carry again the captain who led them to their third title, KKR should roll out recent bids after exhausting the choice of utilizing a Proper-to-Match (RTM) card on the public sale desk.
After lacking the whole lot of IPL 2023 because of harm considerations, Iyer returned with 351 runs in 14 matches throughout KKR’s waltz to the title. The 29-year-old had a rocky begin to the home season, bagging three geese in 5 matches throughout the Duleep Trophy and the primary spherical of the Ranji Trophy.
Iyer was fast to bounce again to kind as he cracked consecutive tons of within the subsequent Ranji rounds, together with a career-best 233 in opposition to Odisha. Iyer smote 21 boundaries in his newest ton, together with 10 sixes.
Although he has but to attain an IPL ton, Iyer has struck three tons of within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the joint-most for any batter. Coupled together with his return to kind and management qualities, the Mumbai mainstay will doubtlessly trigger an enormous bidding battle as there are a number of groups coming into this public sale vying for a recent captaincy candidate.
Iyer is listed at a base value of Rs 2 crore within the first set of marguee gamers.
