On Sunday, September 8, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the India squad for the primary Take a look at of the house collection in opposition to the Bangladesh Nationwide Cricket Group, and Shreyas Iyer was not included within the staff.
Shreyas Iyer not too long ago made his comeback to the Indian ODI staff on the Sri Lanka tour after being snubbed from the BCCI central contracts. He didn’t impress together with his performances and returned with scores of 23, 7, and eight in three ODI matches.
Even after he failed within the Sri Lanka ODIs, it was anticipated that Shreyas Iyer would make it to the Indian Take a look at squad for the Bangladesh collection, contemplating his information and performances at dwelling.
Additionally, Shreyas Iyer was grinding onerous to make a Take a look at comeback and was named the captain of India D within the first spherical of Duleep Trophy 2024. Within the match in opposition to India C, Shreyas Iyer registered scores of 9 and 54, which did not appear to impress the Indian selectors.
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Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, and Dhruv Jurel are the batters picked for the Bangladesh Take a look at collection.
Shreyas Iyer was final seen in motion in whites for the India Nationwide Cricket Group within the second Take a look at in opposition to England in Visakhapatnam, and after that, he was ignored of the squad for the remaining three Take a look at matches.
There have been conflicting studies at the moment about Iyer’s exclusion from the squad, with some claiming that he was dropped after registering poor scores of 35, 13, 27, and 29 within the first two Checks, whereas others claimed that he wasn’t match sufficient and was going through again points.
In the meantime, the Board of Management for Cricket in India selectors have additionally dropped Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal from the Take a look at squad. Notably, the duo performed the house Checks in opposition to England earlier within the 12 months.
Iyer has total performed 14 matches for India within the purest format of the sport and has scored 811 runs at a mean of 36.86, with one century and 5 half-centuries. As he was snubbed from the squad, followers on X reacted to it with some bashing BCCI for this transfer.
This is How Followers Reacted To Shreyas Iyer’s Snub:
Kl to flop in each innings and Iyer to come back in 🙏
— Defender Prakash (@PrakashMah73142) September 8, 2024
🚨 Shreyas Iyer was dropped from T20I cricket and now he has been dropped from Take a look at cricket as properly, now he’s solely left with ODIs. pic.twitter.com/eZUEHafPnV
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) September 8, 2024
No Shreyas Iyer. No Harshit Rana. No favoritism proven by former KKR coach Gautam Gambhir. Nicely achieved 🙌 https://t.co/6ebIGZShgs
— Aman (@CricketSatire) September 8, 2024
Shreyas Iyer Formally dropped now. Time to make a powerful comeback by performing in Duleep Trophy 👊 https://t.co/3oul9onnA4 pic.twitter.com/gmfKvK17xO
— Yash. (@105of70Mumbai) September 8, 2024
A a lot as I do know Iyer being an admirer of his, he’s a powerful, resilient character with readability of thoughts. He’ll enhance his sport & comeback with renewed vigour. mark my phrases! #ShreyasIyer https://t.co/jrVvBJ7nMU
— 👨MAN-DEVILLE😈 (@23Mandeville) September 8, 2024
No Ruturaj and Iyer, Surprising 😱 https://t.co/tmuvEmuMr0
— Mayank Dubey (@Mayank_S_Dubey) September 8, 2024
There isn’t any place for Shreyas Iyer within the staff introduced for the Bangladesh check collection.
He has been dropped from the check staff.#CricketTwitter #BCCI pic.twitter.com/x8nEJXRwt6
— A Kumar (@Am_official007) September 8, 2024
@Deep_Point_
Kuch to baat rahi hogi kl rahul के 57 में
Iyer okay 54 nhi dikhe 😯🤔🤔 https://t.co/nMiSlZX6Dh— अमन हिन्दू ( चौबे जी) (@Aman_SRT_24) September 8, 2024
Iyer lacking 🥲 https://t.co/DgIRWbQbLw
— Teja Reddy (@Tejareddy045) September 8, 2024
Why is Shreyas Iyer not chosen in Group India’s Squad for the Take a look at collection in opposition to Bangladesh? Who’s liable for this? pic.twitter.com/ejymiUpF1g
— Suhana (@suhana18_) September 8, 2024
Iyer kha gya khtam mamla uska kya https://t.co/xVm4J4qUm7
— Ujjwal (@Ujjwal333) September 8, 2024