The world is saluting Shreyas Iyer today. After winning domestic cricket, Champions Trophy, now in IPL 2025, Shreyas Iyer is also visible. After becoming the captain of Punjab Kings, Iyer has transformed this team. This player won two matches for Punjab and Iyer scored a half -century in both matches. In the first match, Iyer scored an unbeaten 97, in which he won Punjab against Gujarat Titans and now on Tuesday, Iyer scored an unbeaten 52 runs against Lucknow. Iyer is speaking at this time, but there was a time when this player's career was about to end. The father had to take him to a psychologist. Not only this, Shreyas Iyer became a cricketer because of his father's broken dream.

Amazing story of Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer was born on 6 December 1994. When Iyer was just 12 years old, former cricketer Praveen Amre saw him playing in Shivaji Park and he saw a different talent inside him.

Iyer was talented but his parents also have a big contribution in the success of this player. His parents Santosh Iyer and Rohini Iyer have been instrumental behind the successful career of the Indian cricket team's middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer's successful career. Shreyas's father is of Tamil origin and belongs to Thrissur in Kerala, while his mother is Tulu -speaking of Mangalore.

Mother supports Iyer's dreams

Rohini Iyer always supported his son's dreams. In a conversation with Delhi Capitals, Shreyas said that his mother had believed that he would become a big cricketer. He gifted his first bat to Shreyas. Whenever she scored a half -century or century in the match, her mother used to reward him by feeding them pizza or burgers.

Interestingly, when Shreyas U-16 was struggling with poor form in the days, his father advised to quit cricket, but Rohini encouraged him and said that he could become whatever he wants.

Shreyas Iyer's father: Santosh Iyer

Shreyas's father Santosh Iyer is a businessman, but he was also fond of cricket. He played cricket till college level, but could not move forward. Santosh Iyer believed that he may not be as focused as Shreyas, so he left cricket, but he wanted his son to fulfill this dream. When he realized the passion for Shreyas's cricket, he sent Iyer to Mumbai's big cricket academy. On the advice of coach Praveen Amre, Iyer's father changed Shreyas' school and put her in Don Bosco School.

However, Shreyas's performance deteriorated during U-16. Santosh felt that perhaps his son has fallen into a wrong company or fell in love. He took Shreyas to a psychologist, where it was found that this player has no problem, but he is going through a bad phase like every player. After that, that bad phase passed and see today the world is saluting Shreyas Iyer.