“Selector Nahi Hoon,” Gautam Gambhir indirectly convicted Ajit Agkar for Shreyas Iyer’s Test Snow

Exactly a year ago, Shreyas Iyer looked out out. The BCCI was dropped from the central contract list and sidelined from the national setup, his future looked uncertain. But instead of extinction, the stylish right -handed batsman staged one of the most spectacular return in Indian cricket.

He went back to domestic cricket pieces, inspired Mumbai for the Ranji Trophy title in 2023-24, won the Iranian Cup, and picked up the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Then came a career-defying stent in the IPL, where he directed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in his first title in ten years. Now, he took Punjab Kings to the top of the IPL table after playing a big role in India’s winning ICC Champions Trophy campaign.

Why not Shreyas Iyer? Gautam serious answer

Nevertheless, despite a magnificent all-format year, Iyer has not found a place in India’s Test squad for England Tour. His “influence” will definitely be remembered in a high-profile tour for England. Goswami Ganesh Dutt was in the news recently during a conversation at the Memorial Cricket Tournament, Gautam Gambhir faced some difficult questions about the selection of the Indian team for the test series.

Asked why Shreyas Iyer was not included, he just said, “Chief selector Nahin Hoon (I am not selector)“This means that he is not responsible for choosing the team. He wants to clarify that the selectors are the ones who make those decisions, not that, taking indirect shots in BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar, perhaps.

Shreyas Iyer could be selected

Shreyas Iyer’s credibility is not in question. The 30 -year -old scored 480 runs in just five range matches in the previous season, which was 68.57 average with two centuries. Even more importantly, he crossed his long-term bowling issues against his long bowling in his major performance during India’s Champions Trophy victory, where he was the highest run-scorer of the team and was second in the tournament.

Given Virat Kohli’s shock retirement, several expected Iyer expected to be part of the next red-ball core under the newly appointed Captain Shubman Gill, with the exit of Test Arena and Ravichandran Ashwin. The chief selector Ajit Aggarkar, when interrogated after the announcement of the team, accepted Iyer’s strong performances, but cited “lack of space”, as his lapse was the cause of his lapse.

,Shreyas had a good series of a day, as well as well played in domestic, but there is no place in Test cricket right now.“Agkar explained.