Shreyas Iyer is keen to be different from his peers. Unlike other youngsters in IPL-8, who believe in dishing out dazzling performances with an array of flashy shots, the 20-year-old Mumbaikar is keen to succeed in the Twenty20 era playing pure cricketing shots.


Delhi Daredevils' Shreyas Iyer plays one square of the wicket during an IPL-8 match against Rajasthan Royals at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday. Pic/BCCI 

Iyer also has good reason to back himself to play copybook shots too. In his debut first-class season, he finished as Mumbai's highest run-getter in the Ranji Trophy, scoring 809 in 10 matches (including two centuries and six half-centuries).