SHREYAS IYER COULDN’T MAKE IT TO ASIA CUP SQUAD

By Anshika Khera

It was a shock to the entire country when Shreyas Iyer , the star batter, failed to make it to India’s Asia Cup squad. Led by Suryakumar Yadav, Team India’s 15-member squad also featured young Shubman Gill, who was also named as the vice captain. A report stated that the selectors are looking to appoint Iyer as India’s ODI captain, after the retirement of Rohit Sharma. Manoj Tiwary , also backed Iyer as the perfect person for the captain’s role.

Everyone was impressed with Iyer ‘s brilliant captaincy in the IPL after he led Kolkata Knight Riders to the title in 2024 and took Punjab Kings to the final in 2025. “After Rohit Sharma, obviously, I would say Shreyas Iyer, because the way he has led, wherever he has led in franchise cricket, I have not seen him in first-class cricket, but he has also won a trophy for Mumbai in domestic cricket as well,” Tiwary said on CricTracker.

The former batter further stated that due to the PR, the credit of winning the IPL 2024 went only to their then-mentor Gautam Gambhir and Iyer was brutally ignored. He also claimed that Gambhir prefers Shubman Gill more than Iyer.