Shreyas Iyer Achieves 3,000 ODI Runs Milestone
Indian batter Shreyas Iyer reached 3,000 runs in One Day International (ODI) cricket during the second ODI against Afghanistan at Lucknow. He became the second fastest Indian to achieve this milestone, doing so in 72 innings.
Iyer scored 26 runs off 24 balls, including one four and one six, with a strike rate of over 108. In his ODI career spanning 78 matches and 72 innings, he has accumulated 3,015 runs at an average of 45.68, with five centuries and 23 half-centuries.
Shubman Gill holds the record for the fastest Indian to reach 3,000 ODI runs, achieving it in just 62 innings. Iyer is tied with Shikhar Dhawan for the second-fastest milestone.
Despite this achievement, Iyer has had a relatively lean year so far, scoring only 98 runs in five innings at an average of 19.60, with a best score of 49.
Match Summary: India vs Afghanistan
In the match, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field first. India posted a massive total of 402 runs all out in 49.5 overs, thanks to centuries from captain Shubman Gill (154 off 110 balls, 22 fours, two sixes) and Ishan Kishan (125 off 79 balls, 14 fours, seven sixes).
For Afghanistan, Nangeyaliya Kharoti took 4 wickets for 76 runs, and Rashid Khan claimed 3 wickets for 48 runs. Afghanistan needs to chase 403 runs to level the series.
Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Darwish Rasooli, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Bilal Sami.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.
