Shreyas Iyer joins Lancashire for their one-day campaign

India batsman Shreyas Iyer has joined Lancashire for the 2021 Royal London Cup the English county club announced on Monday Lancashire Cricket is delighted to announce the overseas signing of Indian international batsman Shreyas Iyer for the 2021 Royal London Club the club wrote its official Twitter handleIyer who has so far played 21 ODIs and 29 T20s will arrive at Emirates Old Trafford on July 15 ahead of the start of the 50 over tournament and will remain with the Red Rose for the duration of the monthlong group stage the club statedLancashire is a legendary name in English Cricket with a longstanding association with Indian Cricket I am extremely humbled and honoured to carry the legacy forward of greats like Farokh Engineer Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman at Lancashire said Shreyas Emirates Old Trafford is a world class international stadium and I am looking forward to meeting my teammates and the supporters of the Club added Iyer who also captains the IPL side Delhi Capitals Lancashires Director of Cricket Paul Allott on his part said Shreyas is one of the shining lights of a new generation of Indian batsmen With the expectation that we will be fielding a younger side in this years Royal London Cup due to the Hundred it was important that we brought in a toporder batsman with experience at the highest level to enhance our prospects in the tournamentShreyas has experience of captaining in an IPL final as well as playing in top level international fixtures so his onfield skills and ability to remain calm in high pressure situations will serve our young squad well this summer His current form against England has been hugely impressive said Allott Lancashire will kick off their Royal London Cup campaign at home to Sussex on July 23 with a friendly fixture against Cumberland CCC on July 20 It also said that Iyers signing signals the latest step in Lancashires long association with Indian cricket which stretches back over 50 years when former India stumper Farokh Engineer joined the county in 1968 Since Engineer retired four further Indian Internationals Murali Kartik Dinesh Mongia VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly have represented the clubThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever