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Shreyas Iyer closes in on Rohit Sharma's T20I captaincy record with 33-ball fifty

The Indian skipper's second fifty against England moves him level with Kohli and Suryakumar in SENA nations, one shy of Rohit's mark.

Thursday, 9 July 2026IndiaRohit SharmaVirat KohliShreyas IyerIndia tour of England 2026

Shreyas Iyer made a fluent 33-ball half-century in the fourth T20I against England, steering India from a precarious position. The knock was his second fifty as captain in SENA countries, joining Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav with two each. Rohit Sharma leads the list with three such scores.

Iyer also became the tenth Indian to register 50 half-centuries in T20 cricket, entering an elite group that includes Kohli, Rohit, KL Rahul, and others. Additionally, his tally of three fifty-plus scores in SENA T20Is ties him with Shikhar Dhawan and Abhishek Sharma, while Kohli and Rohit top that list with 10 each.