On Saturday, Shreyas Iyer shut his critics with a knock of 142 off 190 for Mumbai against Maharashtra in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season.

Shreyas Iyer scored a first-class century after 38 innings. He scored 142 runs against Maharashtra to help Mumbai take a sizeable lead.

Shreyas Iyer's last First-Class century came while representing India in November 2021 against New Zealand in Kanpur. During this innings, he also surpassed the milestone of 6,000 First-Class runs

Starting the day with a lead of nearly 100 runs, Mumbai continued its dominance with unbeaten Shreyas and Ayush Mhatre stitching together a 200-run partnership and the latter also scoring a century.

Ruturaj Gaikwad hit an unbeaten 80 to lead a strong reply for Maharashtra but they were still trailing by 173 runs in their Group A Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai on Saturday. Maharashtra reached 142 for one in their second innings at the end of the second day.

"The body has taken a lot of load at the same time. So we have to manage here and there and see to it that I strategise in terms of how I play"