IND vs SL: Shreyas Iyer left Glenn Maxwell behind, hit the longest six of ODI World Cup by so many meters
Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer, batting at number four in the seventh league match of the ODI World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka, played a very fast innings and scored 82 runs. Like Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer also got out after coming close to his century in this match. On the basis of this innings, he also completed his 2000 runs in ODI format.
Virat Kohli scored 88 runs in this match while Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning of 92 runs. Shreyas Iyer’s bat was silent till now in this World Cup. Although he had scored unbeaten 53 runs against Pakistan, but after this he started scoring runs from his bat. This proved to be the best innings of this ODI World Cup so far. During this innings, he also hit the longest six of this World Cup, leaving Glenn Maxwell behind.
Shreyas hit 6 sixes in his innings
Shreyas Iyer was seen playing openly in this match against Sri Lanka and his batting also showed rhythm, but he was out on the score of 82 runs. In this match, he gave a tough class to the Sri Lankan bowlers and during his innings, he hit 6 brilliant sixes while 3 fours came off his bat. He faced 56 balls to score 82 runs and his strike rate was 146.43. On the basis of this innings of Shreyas, India scored 357 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs in this match. At the last moment, Ravindra Jadeja played an inning of 35 runs in 24 balls.
Shreyas Iyer hits the longest six of the World Cup
Shreyas Iyer once again did the amazing feat of hitting the longest six in the ODI World Cup. He hit a 106 meter long six among his six sixes against Sri Lanka and left behind Glenn Maxwell who had earlier hit a six of 104 meters long. Shreyas is also at number three who had hit a 101 meter long six.
