Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian cricketer, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He is the youngest overall captain to captain any IPL side at 23 years and 142 years old. Iyer has played One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for India.
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Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian cricketer, who plays for India in international cricket, Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. A right-handed top-order batsman, Iyer has played One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the India national cricket team. He made his first-class cricket debut in December 2014 during the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy. Iyer was signed in the 2015 IPL players auction by the Delhi Daredevils for 2. 6 crores. On 27 April 2018, he became the youngest captain to lead the DelhiDaredevil team in the IPL history at the age of 23 years and 142 days.
In February 2019, in the opening round of the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy tournament, he made the highest total by an Indian batsman in a T20 match, when he scored 147 runs. In the 2020 IPL season, he continued as the captain for the first time after seven years after he led the Delhi Capitals team into the playoffs. He was retained by Delhi Capitals for the 2019 IPL Season which he led to the second win of the tournament. He is the youngest overall captain to captain any IPL side at 23 years and 142 years old.
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