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Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif blasts the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not selecting Shreyas Iyer in the Shubman Gill-led side's squad for the upcoming Test series against England. India are scheduled to play a five-Test match series against England, which will start from June 20.
Iyer had an impressive domestic season, and he was India's highest run-getter in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Even in the ongoing IPL 2025, he has led Punjab Kings by example and has scored 514 runs for them till now. Kaif cited Sai Sudharsan's example that his white-ball form was considered while selecting him for the Tests. However, in Shreyas' case, that was not considered - something that did not please the former cricketer.
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"Sai Sudharsan is a brilliant player, no doubt. But he was picked in the Test squad after a good IPL season (679 runs and counting). Iyer, meanwhile, has been doing well for so long. He scored some 550 runs in the 2023 ODI World Cup and in the Champions Trophy as well. He is still doing a terrific job with the bat for Punjab Kings – 514 runs and counting. He is captaining too. So on one hand, you are considering white-ball criteria for one player and not for the other," Kaif said on YouTube.
Earlier, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar also addressed why the management didn't pick Iyer in the Indian squad for the five-Test match series against England.
"Yeah, Shreyas Iyer has played well in domestic cricket, but at the moment, there is no room for him in the Test Team,” Ajit Agarkar stated.
India squad for England series
Shubman Gill(C), Rishabh Pant(vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Parishdh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
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