sourav ganguly unhappy with shreyas iyer absence from ind vs eng test series

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Kusum । Jun 11 2025 5:44PM

Sourav Ganguly had questioned Iyer’s absence in the Test team and mentioned his best performance in the last one year. Ganguly said that Iyer has also worked on his weakness of short ball and praised him for scoring runs under pressure.

Team India is currently in England where it will play a five -match Test series against England from 20 June. The 18 -member Indian team had already been announced for this series but Shreyas Iyer did not get a place in this squad. On this, former captain Sourav Ganguly has questioned the lack of selection of Shreyas Iyer. Iyer has been in the best form for the last one year.

Ganguly had questioned Iyer’s absence in the Test team and mentioned his best pressures in the last one year. Ganguly said that Iyer has also worked on his weakness of short ball and praised him for scoring runs under pressure.

Talking to Revspports, Ganguly said that Iyer’s game has been the best in the last one year. He is a player who was kept out of the team. He is now scoring runs under pressure, taking responsibility and playing the short ball well. However, the test is different but I wanted to include them in this series to see what he can do.

Right now, Iyer has played 14 matches in his Test career so far. During this period, in 24 innings, he has scored an average of 36.86 and 811 runs at a strike rate of 63.01. In the Test, he also has 50 half -centuries as well as 1 century. Shreyas Iyer last played a Test match in 2024. He was dropped from the team in the middle of the series against England. In the Ranji Trophy 2024-25, he scored 480 runs in seven innings for Mumbai at an average of 68.57.

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