Iyer rewarded with Impact Player medal after scoring maiden T20I century

Shreyas Iyer received India’s Impact Player of the Series medal after the T20I series against the West Indies ended in a 2-2 draw. Iyer scored 181 runs, including his maiden T20I century, across five innings in the series

Bengaluru: India captain Shreyas Iyer was presented with the team’s Impact Player of the Series medal after the five-match T20I series against the West Indies ended in a 2-2 draw following Saturday’s washout at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The presentation was captured in a dressing-room video released by the BCCI on Sunday, in which India’s training assistant Nuwan Seneviratne handed the medal to Iyer.

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“Tonight, the Impact Medal goes to someone who scored his first T20I hundred. Only a few players in India have scored hundreds in all three formats, and he’s leading from the front, even in the field. The award goes to Shreyas Iyer,” Seneviratne said in the video posted on bcci.tv on Sunday.

On its social media accounts, the BCCI captioned the clip: “Rain, runs, and some dressing room BTS. Summing up the series decider, ft. the Impact Player of the Series medal presentation.”

Iyer enjoyed a productive series with the bat, finishing as the third-highest run-scorer with 181 runs from five innings at an average of 45.25 and a strike rate of 205.68. His maiden T20I century in the series opener in Lucknow made him only the seventh Indian men’s cricketer to score centuries in all three international formats.

India won the first and third matches, but the West Indies hit back in the second and fourth to level the series. Rain then forced the decider to be called off, resulting in the two sides sharing the trophy.

India will now travel to New Zealand for a five-match T20I series, which begins with back-to-back matches at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on October 22 and 24. The teams will then move to Basin Reserve in Wellington for the third T20I on October 27, followed by matches at Eden Park in Auckland on October 30 and Seddon Park in Hamilton on November 1. All five matches are scheduled to start at 8 pm local time (12:30 pm IST).