Shreyas Iyer was on 75 when play ended on the opening day of the first Test India and New Zealand in Kanpur. In anticipation of a possible hundred, the debutant didn’t get a good night’s sleep.
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However, the manner in which he resumed his innings on the second day of the Test on Friday showed no signs of nerves with Iyer slamming boundaries and eventually scoring a century and becoming the first Indian to do so in the debut Test. Became 16th batsman.
He eventually fell to Tim Southee, who was in the middle of a brilliant spell of fast bowling in the morning session. The middle-order batsman scored 105 runs in his innings of 171 runs, which included 13 fours and two sixes.
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Iyer said during a post-day chat with the broadcasters, “I was really happy with the way everything went from day one. Didn’t sleep well last night. Especially when you’ve been batting all night, I thought I really batted.” Yesterday was good but today still had to pay attention again.
“I couldn’t sleep well, woke up early this morning at five, but when you score a century, it’s a wonderful feeling,” he says later.
On Thursday, Iyer became India’s 303rd Test cricketer as he received his hat from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who advised him to just enjoy and not look ‘too far ahead’.
“He (Gavaskar) inspired me a lot while giving me the cap, but one thing he said to me, that remained in my mind, ‘don’t look too far ahead and just enjoy yourself’,” he said.
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Despite his century, India were bowled out for 345 and then in reply, the New Zealand openers put on an unbroken century partnership.
At the end of the game, the visitors were 129/0 and still trail India by 216 runs.
Iyer said the cracks were opening and hoped that this would help Indian bowlers who were disappointed in their pursuit and were looking for a breakthrough that never came.
“They (New Zealand) started well but it is important for us not to leak runs because the cracks are opening and tomorrow it should get tougher,” said the 26-year-old.
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