Shreyas Iyer has signed up with Lancashire for Royal London Cup 2021.© BCCI
English county Lancashire on Monday introduced the abroad signing of India batsman Shreyas Iyer for the 2021 Royal London Cup. Iyer will arrive at Previous Trafford on July 15 forward of the beginning of the 50-over match and can stay with Lancashire in the course of the month-long group stage. The highest-order batsman is considered some of the attacking and fluent stroke gamers in Indian cricket and he has performed in 21 ODIs and 29 T20 Internationals for his nation.
Concerning the signing, Shreyas stated: “Lancashire is a legendary title in English Cricket with a long-standing affiliation with Indian Cricket. I’m extraordinarily humbled and honoured to hold the legacy ahead of greats like Farokh Engineer, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman at Lancashire.
“Previous Trafford is a world-class worldwide stadium and I’m wanting ahead to assembly my teammates and the supporters of the membership.”
Shreyas, 26, has additionally excelled within the Indian Premier League (IPL) and captained Delhi Capitals to the ultimate final yr when he made 519 runs — the fourth highest within the match — at a strike charge of 123.
Following the conclusion of the final IPL, Shreyas performed in all three matches of India’s 2-1 ODI sequence victory in Australia and he’s a part of the ODI squad for the sequence towards England.
He averages simply in need of 45 in ODI cricket with eight fifties and a century to his title since debuting in 2017.
The signing of Shreyas Iyer indicators the most recent step in Lancashire’s lengthy affiliation with Indian cricket, which stretches again greater than 50 years when India wicketkeeper-batsman Farokh Engineer joined the county in 1968.
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He would go on to turn into a Lancashire legend and now serves as a vice-president of the membership.
Since Engineer retired, 4 different Indian gamers — Murali Kartik, Dinesh Mongia, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly — have represented Lancashire.
