With overcast conditions and the Duke's ball darting around, Shreyas Iyer look clueless against Jimmy Anderson and gloved one over the leg stump. Billings sensed the opportunity, made no mistake, and stuck to the chance.
The Mumbai boy who lives larger than life has now bought himself a brand-new Mercedes-AMG G 63 4Matic SUV for a whopping 2.45 crore. Mercedez-Benz Landmarks Car, Mumbai shared the image of the Indian batter posing with his brand new possession.
Shreyas Iyer has clarified the remarks that he made post the last game vs Mumbai Indians regarding the KKR CEO being involved in the selection of the team.
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated the third-placed Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets to end their five-match losing streak at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Kolkata Knight Riders are struggling to break their losing streak this IPL. After their five successive defeats, the squad currently ranks eighth on the points table by winning just three out of nine matches.
KKR captain Shreyas Iyer expressed optimism for a turnaround, saying the former champions would be "unstoppable as a team" once they get going.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri feels captaincy comes naturally to Shreyas Iyer, who has impressed in his first season as Kolkata Knight Riders captain.
India swept the two-match series against the islanders 2-0 on Monday with a 238-run win in the second Test here.
Iyer earned the award on the back of his brilliant white-ball exploits during the home series against the West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively last month.
Apart from Shreyas, UAE batter Vriitya Aravind and Nepal's Dipendra Sing Airee were nominated for the month.
Iyer recently powered Team India to a record 3-0 T20I series win against Sri Lanka and he was adjudged as Player of the Series after scoring 204 runs in the three matches.
The Indian middle-order batter was bought for a whopping Rs 12.25 crore by the franchise during IPL 2022 auction last Saturday.
KKR, who made their second purchase of the day in the 27-year-old Mumbai cricketer, were involved in a long bidding war with new franchise Lucknow Super Giants for Iyer.
Team India will have a training session on Tuesday evening and both Dhawan and Iyer are set to be a part of that session.
Apart from Shreyas and Chahal, the 10 teams are likely to be involved in bidding war for Indian players like senior opener Shikhar Dhawan, batter Ishan Kishan, the pace duo of Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar.
Vihari, Indian cricket's 'Tough Runs Man' has never had it easy in terms of chances as he has played only one of his 13 Tests at home and it was skipper Virat Kohli's back spasms and Shreyas Iyer's stomach bug that opened the door for another chance.
Off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin also held on to the second spot among bowlers; pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped one place to the 10th position.
Following an evenly-contested battle over five days, New Zealand earned a hard-fought draw and morale victory over hosts India as some star-studded performances were in the store on a rank turner Green Park turf.
Rahane, who has been short of runs for a while now, also praised debutant Shreyas Iyer but did not divulge who would make way for Virat Kohli in the next Test in Mumbai.
India declared their second innings at 234 for seven, having extended their overall lead to 283 runs on the fourth and penultimate day of the match.
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