Lucknow, Oct. 7 -- Indian cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar hailed T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer following his maiden T20I ton, pointing out the shot-making and acceleration, which, according to him is a "strong signal" of the 'Sarpanch Sahab' being back to his best.

After 10 innings without a fifty-plus scores, Iyer broke the slump with a mesmerising, no-holds-barred maiden T20I ton during an easy run chase of 172 runs against West Indies at Lucknow on Wednesday. Having reached his fifty in 28 balls, it took the Indian skipper only 15 balls to race to his maiden T20I ton. Taking apart Akeal Hosein with two fours and a six in the 13th over and Matthew Forde for three sixes and a four in the next over, Iyer became a part of elite company featuring ...