One of the major highlights of the first day of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka was the magnificent knock of Shreyas Iyer. The stylish Indian batsman played a crafty inning of 92 runs off just 98 balls that involved ten majestic fours and four huge sixes.
Shreyas went to the middle when India were struggling at 86 for 4. He formed small yet crucial partnerships with all the remaining batters and got dismissed as the final Indian batsman after making India reach a respectable total of 252 runs.
Although he missed his century by just 8 runs, his monumental effort with the bat rescued India from a difficult situation. More importantly, this knock was highly impressive as it came on a pitch that had a lot of assistance for the spinners and therefore it was highly applauded by the cricket fans on twitter.
Here’s how some twitter users including the mighty Harsha Bhogle reacted to Iyer’s heroics in the Bengaluru Test.
After India got all out for 252, Sri Lanka lost wickets in quick succession, as a result of which the visitors are currently reeling at 86 for 6 at stumps on day 1.