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Indian cricketer (born 1994)
Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India national team. Iyer captains India in T20Is and serves as the vice-captain in ODIs. A right-handed batter, he primarily plays as a top-order or middle-order batter across formats. Iyer also captains Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Naman Dhir is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for the India national cricket team, for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and for Punjab in Indian domestic cricket. Dhir made his debut for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in December 2022, and was bought by MI in the 2024 IPL auction. He made his ODI debut for India in 2026.
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Shreyas Iyer’s appointment as India’s T20I captain after the team’s World Cup triumph earlier this year surprised many. India will soon travel to New Zealand for a one-and-a-half-month all-format tour, starting with a five-match T20I series in Christchurch on Oct 22.
India beat West Indies by 14 runs in the third T20I to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Shreyas Iyer credited the bowlers for their execution, while Abhishek Sharma (69 off 30) and Ishan Kishan (37 off 18) led the batting effort
Shreyas Iyer took over as the new captain of the India T20I team only earlier this year, and has led the team to 10 wins in 18 matches so far (One NR).