On Sunday, September 8, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced its squad for the first Test of India’s home series against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team, and Shreyas Iyer was not included in the squad.
Shreyas Iyer recently returned to the Indian ODI squad for the tour of Sri Lanka after being dropped from his BCCI central contracts. He failed to impress with his performances and returned with scores of 23, 7 and 8 in three ODI matches.
Even after failing in the Sri Lanka ODIs, Shreyas Iyer was expected to make the Indian Test squad for the Bangladesh series given his record and performances at home.
Also, Shreyas Iyer has been pushing hard to make his Test comeback and was named the captain of India D in the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024. In the match against India C, Shreyas Iyer scored 9 and 54, which was not seen at all. to impress Indian voters.
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Shreyas Iyer last appeared in whites for the Indian National Cricket Team in the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam and was left out of the squad for the remaining three Test matches thereafter.
At the time, there were conflicting reports about Iyer’s removal from the squad, with some claiming he was dropped after poor scores of 35, 13, 27 and 29 in the first two Tests, while others claimed he was not fit enough. and faced back problems.
Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India also dropped Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal from the Test squad. It should be noted that the duo played home tests against England at the beginning of the year.
Iyer played a total of 14 matches for India in the purest format of the game and scored 811 runs at an average of 36.86, including one century and five half-centuries. As he was dropped from the squad, the fans at X reacted by abusing the BCCI for the move.
Here’s Fan Reaction To Shreyas Iyer’s Snub:
Kl both flop in the innings and Iyer to come in 🙏
— Defender Prakash (@PrakashMah73142) September 8, 2024
🚨 Shreyas Iyer was dropped from T20I cricket and now he is also dropped from Test cricket now he is left with only ODIs. pic.twitter.com/eZUEHafPnV
– Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) September 8, 2024
No Shreyas Iyer. Not Harshit Rana. No preference was shown by former KKR coach Gautam Gambhir. Great 🙌 https://t.co/6ebIGZShgs
— Aman (@CricketSatire) September 8, 2024
Shreyas Iyer has officially dropped now. It’s time to make a strong comeback by performing in the Duleep Trophy 👊 https://t.co/3oul9onnA4 pic.twitter.com/gmfKvK17xO
– Age. (@105of70Mumbai) September 8, 2024
As far as I know Iyer is a fan of her, she is a strong, resilient character with mental clarity. He will improve his game and rebounding with newfound strength. mark my words! #ShreyasIyer https://t.co/jrVvBJ7nMU
— 👨MAN-DEVILLE😈 (@23Mandeville) September 8, 2024
No Ruturaj and Iyer, shocking 😱 https://t.co/tmuvEmuMr0
— Mayank Dubey (@Mayank_S_Dubey) September 8, 2024
There is no place for Shreyas Iyer in the announced squad for the Bangladesh Test series.
He was removed from the test group.#CricketTwitter #BCCI pic.twitter.com/x8nEJXRwt6
— Kumar (@Am_official007) September 8, 2024
@Deep_Point_
Kuch to baat rahi hogi kl rahul ke 57
I don’t see 54 😯🤔🤔 https://t.co/nMiSlZX6Dh— Aman Hindu (Chaubey ji) (@Aman_SRT_24) September 8, 2024
Iyer is missing 🥲 https://t.co/DgIRWbQbLw
— Teja Reddy (@Tejareddy045) September 8, 2024
Why Shreyas Iyer not selected in Team India squad for Test series against Bangladesh? Who is responsible for this? pic.twitter.com/ejymiUpF1g
— Suhana (@suhana18_) September 8, 2024
What did you eat and what did you do? https://t.co/xVm4J4qUm7
— Ujjwal (@Ujjwal333) September 8, 2024
