Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Shreyas Iyer Sets India Captaincy Record in T20I Run Chase
Shreyas Iyer led India in a T20 cricket match against the West Indies.
India needed 172 runs to win.
Iyer scored 102 runs and did not get out.
He hit 10 fours and six sixes.
India won by eight wickets.
This was Iyer’s first century in T20 cricket.
He became the first India captain to score a century while chasing in a T20I.
Virat Kohli had previously held the Indian captain’s run-chase record with 94 runs.
Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 102 off 43 balls for India against the West Indies.
His century made him the first India captain to score 100 while chasing in a T20I.
India chased 172 at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow and won the series opener by eight wickets.
Iyer hit 10 fours and six sixes, recording his first T20I century.
Virat Kohli previously held the India-captain run-chase record with an unbeaten 94 against the West Indies in 2019.
- Who
- India captain Shreyas Iyer and the West Indies team.
- What
- Iyer scored an unbeaten 102, becoming the first India captain to make a T20I century while chasing.
- When
- October 6, 2026, according to the article’s match account.
- Where
- Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.
- Why
- Iyer’s score helped India chase 172 and win the series opener by eight wickets.
- Iyer's score
- 102 not out off 43 balls
- India's target
- 172 runs
- Result
- India won by eight wickets
- Venue
- Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
- Iyer's boundaries
- 10 fours and six sixes
- Previous India captain record
- Virat Kohli's 94 not out off 50 balls against the West Indies in Hyderabad on December 6, 2019
- Global captain run-chase record cited
- Babar Azam and Aritra Dutta are listed with 122 runs each