Sachin Tendulkar lauds Shreyas Iyer’s maiden Test hundred: ‘Nice to see you as a part of Team India in whites’

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday took to social media to congratulate India batsman Shreyas Iyer, who hit his maiden Test hundred on debut in the ongoing match against New Zealand in Kanpur.

Shreyas Iyer became the 16th Indian batsman to score a century on Test debut when he brought up the triple figures off 157 deliveries in the first session of Day 2 at the Green Park Stadium.

Iyer joined Lala Amarnath, Deepak Shodhan, AG Kripal Singh, Abbas Ali Baig, Hanumant Singh, Gundappa Vishwanath, Surender Amarnath, Mohammad Azharuddin, Pravin Amre, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw as the Indians to have hit a hundred in their maiden Test innings.

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Notably, Iyer became only the second batter on the elite list to have reached the milestone at the same venue after Vishwanath. The 26-year-old also became the third Indian to score a hundred on debut against New Zealand.

“Great start to your Test career, @ShreyasIyer15. Nice to see you as a part of #TeamIndia in ‘whites’. Good luck!” Tendulkar tweeted.

Great start to your Test career, @ShreyasIyer15.

Nice to see you as a part of #TeamIndia in ‘whites’.
Good luck! #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/O1ZNlnotLA

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 26, 2021

Iyer is the third successive Mumbai player after Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw slam a hundred on Test debut. He is also the sixth Indian after Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw to hit a ton on Test debut in this century.

Iyer eventually got out for 105 off 171 balls after having batted for 267 minutes. His knock included 13 fours and a couple of towering sixes.

India managed to add 87 runs to their overnight total before getting bowled out for 345 in the second session. Iyer top-scored for the hosts while Shubman Gill (52), Ravindra Jadeja (50) and Ravichandran Ashwin (38) made useful contributions to the team’s total.

Tim Southee produced a terrific spell in the first session to finish with 5 wickets for 69 runs while Kyle Jamieson bagged 3 for 91 and Ajaz Patel ended up with a couple of scalps for New Zealand.