Shreyas Iyer bags a rare record, shares it with Australian captain Aaron Finch

NEW DELHI: Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has set a new record in the first T20I against South Africa. Shreyas holds the record for scoring most runs between two dismissals in international Twenty20 matches. Out of the four international matches, he was only dismissed in the last match against South Africa. Prior to that, Shreyas was in excellent form in all three matches of the T20 series in Sri Lanka.

Shreyas, who was also the star of the series against Sri Lanka, has scored three consecutive fifties. He was bowled by Pretorius in the match against South Africa, hit 36 runs ​​off 27 balls, including three sixes and a four. Shreyas has scored 240 runs in four innings, including runs scored in the Sri Lankan series. He scored 57, 74, 73 and 36 runs in four innings.

But Shreyas shares the record with another player, that is Australian captain Aaron Finch. Finch, who was not out on 68 runs in the first match of the series against Zimbabwe, scored 172 runs in the second. Australia's David Warner is second on the list. Warner scored 239 runs. South Africa's Hashim Amla is third with 224 runs.