India’s star batter Shreyas Iyer has been making an impact with the bat across formats over the years. Last year, while leading the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the IPL, he powered them to victory. Talking about the IPL 2025, Iyer guided the Punjab Kings to the finals after 11 long years. He also smashed 604 runs across 17 matches, playing a crucial role in PBKS’ road to the IPL 2025 finals.

A lot of people were hoping that BCCI would include Iyer in India’s squad that will play the five-match Test series against England, but unfortunately, it did not happen. As of now, the Mumbai-based batter has played 14 Test matches, where he has made 811 runs with the highest score of 105. Considering the fact that Iyer has evolved both as a captain and batter, his exclusion is a massive surprise for many.

Why was Shreyas Iyer ignored for England Test series?

Former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta shared his two cents to Tezzbuzz in an exclusive interview and spoke about why it was difficult for the selectors to give Iyer a place in the Indian Test team.

Since the Indian team has already announced an 18-member squad, it’s tough to replace Iyer with somebody else.