Indian cricket team’s ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has made a comeback in international cricket after injury. In October 2025, he was hospitalized and kept out of the field for a long time due to a serious spleen injury and internal bleeding during a match against Australia. After proving his fitness by performing brilliantly for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he played an important inning of 49 runs in the recent first ODI against New Zealand. In this match, he made an important partnership of 77 runs for the third wicket with Virat Kohli (93 runs), which laid the foundation for the victory of the Indian team chasing the target of 301 runs. Although Iyer missed his half-century after being bowled by Kyle Jamieson, his innings proved that he is completely back in rhythm.
Zimbabwe Under-19 need 304 runs in 270 balls at an average of 6.75 per over.
Iyer has shown consistency
Shreyas Iyer loves playing ODI cricket against the New Zealand team and he has shown consistency in this format against the Kiwi team. He has scored more than 30 in all his 10 ODI innings played against New Zealand, which shows his unmatched consistency. Iyer has so far scored 660 runs in 10 innings against the Kiwi team, where his batting average has been 66. His scores against this team have been 103, 52, 62, 80, 49, 33, 105, 79, 48 and 49. So far, he has scored two brilliant centuries and four half-centuries against New Zealand. Interestingly, he has been out twice on the score of 49, but each time he has given a tough challenge to the opposition bowlers.
very close to 3000 runs
Along with his individual performance, Iyer is now very close to a major career milestone. So far, he has scored 2,966 runs in ODI cricket and he is just 34 runs away from touching the 3,000 run mark. Iyer’s record of scoring 5 centuries and 23 half-centuries in his career becomes even more lethal on Indian grounds. According to the statistics, out of his total ODI runs, 1,634 runs have come on home soil, where he averages 56.34.
Shreyas Iyer’s score against New Zealand
• 103 (107 balls)
• 52 (57 balls)
• 62 (63 balls)
• 80 (76 balls)
• 49 (59 balls)
• 33 (39 balls)
• 105 (70 balls)
• 79 (98 balls)
• 48 (62 balls)
• 49 (47 balls) –
