Shreyas Iyer becomes the fastest Indian batter to reach 1500 ODI runs

Shreyas Iyer continues to break records and maintain an unreal level of consistency, becoming the fastest Indian batter to reach 1,500 runs in ODI cricket. Iyer accomplished this feat during India’s second One-Day International (ODI) against Bangladesh on Wednesday in Dhaka. The stylish batter extended his golden run, scoring 82 runs off 102 balls with six fours and three sixes at an 80.39 strike rate. Even though India lost by five runs, his knock and consistency were positives for the Men in Blue.

Iyer has now scored 1,534 runs at an average of 49.48 in 38 matches and 34 innings. In his ODI career, he has two centuries and 14 half-centuries, with the best score of 113. He has surpassed opener KL Rahul, who reached the milestone in 36 innings and is followed by Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, who did so in 38 innings. Iyer has scored 721 runs in 14 innings across 16 matches this year at an average of 60.08, with one century and six fifties. Individually, his best score is 113.

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He has scored the most runs in ODIs this year among Test-playing nations. Namibia’s MG Erasmus has scored the most runs in ODIs this year, with 956 runs in 21 matches, in 20 innings at an average of over 56, with one century and eight fifties. In 2022, Iyer is the sixth-highest run-scorer in ODIs.

Iyer’s record in ODI cricket year wise