Shreyas Iyer missed the quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai as he cited a back spasm issue for the state team's clash against Baroda. He will be now seen in action after being named in Mumbai's team for the semifinal against Tamil Nadu.
The Indian Board is considering bringing in a pay structure where the players who will play all the Test series in a year will be granted additional bonus apart from their annual retainer contract. The decision will be due to centrally-contracted players' absence from domestic cricket.
Shreyas Iyer will not be part of Mumbai's Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Baroda due to back spasms. The star player was not picked for the last three Tests against England. Shivam Dube will also miss the quarterfinal.
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah had recently cleared that if a player is fit, then he should be available to play domestic cricket without any reason. Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar were specifically told to play for their state teams from next round of Ranji Trophy that began on February 16.
Indian batter Shreyas Iyer after being dropped from the Test squad seems like hasn't showed up for the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai announced a 16-man squad for their Ranji Trophy match against Assam and Iyer wasn't one of those names.
Shreyas Iyer, who was averaging 19 in his last 10 innings in Tests, has been axed by the Indian team for the remaining three games against England. Former Australia captain Ian Chappell was sort of relieved as he reckoned that Indian selectors were 'overestimating Shreyas Iyer's talent'.
After missing the second Test match due to injury, the star wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul is included in India's team for the remaining three matches against England but the likes of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami remain unavailable.
Team India is already without Virat Kohli and the players like Mohammed Shami and Rishabh Pant are still injured while KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja missed second Test for the same reason. Now yet another cricketer is unlikely to play third Test and even end up missing the series too.
Shreyas Iyer produced a magic on-field to end Ben Stokes' stay in the second innings of the second Test in Vizag. Iyer got the England skipper run out to send a body blow to the English side on day 4 of the Test match. Watch the dismissal here.
Team India will need to sort out their batting issues in the second Test against England with a couple of players out of form and the likes of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable. Batting coach Vikram Rathour opened up on the two out-of-form players Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer.
Shreyas Iyer is vulnerable facing the short ball is now an open book truth to the cricketing world. No wonder Andhra bowlers employed the same ploy when he came out to bat. However, Iyer didn't back out and decided to play his shots instead of leaving the ball.
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid had mentioned in the pre-series press conference that Shreyas Iyer missed out due to the lack of slots in the T20 side for the Afghanistan series. This allowed Iyer to play in the Ranji Trophy to prepare for the England Tests.
With the upcoming five-match Test series against England in sight, Indian red-ball veterans Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteswhar Pujara, and in-form Shreyas Iyer are in focus in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024 round two fixtures starting on Friday.
Despite scoring two fifties against Australia in the T20I series after World Cup 2023, the wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan was dropped from the team for the recent South Africa tour and now also misses out on the squad for the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan.
With England series in sight, the Test specialists and the players on the fringe are playing Ranji Trophy to get accustomed to red-ball cricket or push their case to be in the squad, respectively. One such batter is Shreyas Iyer, who was ignored for the Afghanistan T20Is, with Rohit and Kohli back.
The BCCI announced a 16-man India squad for a three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. The squad marked a return for the two senior pros Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who would be playing the shortest format for India after a long gap of 14 months, for the first time since the T20 World Cup 2022.
The second ODI between India and South Africa will be played at St George's Park in Gqeberha on December 19. The visitors will look to seal the series in the second game itself after a brilliant show in the series opener against the Proteas.
Team India is leading the three-match ODI series 1-0 after skittling the home team for just 116 runs in the opening game. The second ODI is set to take place at St George's Park in Gqeberha on December 19. Meanwhile, India will have to make one forced change in their playing XI.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for 2024 season is set to happen on December 19 at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. Ahead of the event, the Kolkata Knight Riders have cleared the air to announce their new captain for the next season.
Shreyas Iyer was recently seen in the India vs Australia T20Is. He was not available for selection for the first three games but joined as the vice-captain for the last two matches of the series. Iyer scored a fifty in the final T20I.
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