Shreyas Iyer blazed his way into the records book yesterday with his 55-ball 147 knock to register the highest score by an Indian in the T20 format. Iyer's dominating show ensured Mumbai opened their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign on an empathic note with a 154-run victory over minnows Sikkim at the Emeralds Heights International School ground in Indore yesterday.

Mumbai posted 258 for four and then reduced Sikkim to 104-7. Iyer surpassed his India and IPL teammate, Rishabh Pant's 128 for Delhi Daredevils for top honours. Iyer, who clobbered 15 sixes and seven boundaries, could well have scored a double hundred especially with three overs remaining. But he was caught by Lee Yong Lepcha off Milind Kumar. "I was going at 20 runs an over when I got out. I could have [gone for a double century]. There is always a lot of risk involved in going for a big score. But it's not a big deal [missing out on a double ton]. You don't play for records," Iyer told mid-day from Indore.