Sachin Tendulkar lauds Shreyas Iyer for a match winning innings against Gujarat Lions

It was a magnificent innings from the blade of 22-year-old Shreyas Iyer which ensured Delhi Daredevils clinched a nail-biting thriller against the Gujarat Lions yesterday. He made stroke-making look ridiculously easy and relied more on his ground shots. His 57 balls 96 contained 15 fours and a couple of sixes.

It was the partnership between Iyer and Pat Cummins lower down the order which ignited the hopes of Delhi. Iyer was dismissed at 96 with Delhi still requiring 7 of 4 deliveries but Amit Mishra had other plans and struck a couple of consecutive boundaries to seal the deal for Delhi. Though the result won’t have a bearing on the points table but they at least managed to salvage some pride.

They have some tremendous young players in their ranks and have shown glimpses of what they are capable of. God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar took to his twitter handle and lauded the young man for his terrific effort. “Magnificent innings by #ShreyasIyer last night. There is some amazing young Indian talent in this IPL,” Sachin wrote.

Magnificent innings by #ShreyasIyer last night. There is some amazing young Indian talent in this IPL.

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 11, 2017

This IPL has seen the emergence of many Indian local players who hardly got any limelight during their domestic career. It has been a life-changing season for guys like Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson and many others. They have played some terrific brand of cricket but the main concern with Samson and Pant in this tournament has been their inconsistency.

While Pant has made people take notice of him with his audacious strokeplay but he has a string of poor scores to his name as well. Nitish Rana started off brilliantly for Mumbai but as the tournament has reached the business end, the southpaw has failed to fire. Rahul Tripathi has been the most consistent of the bunch and has been an exciting prospect top of the order for Rinsing Pune Supergiant.