Shreyas Iyer may be under some pressure ahead of India vs England Test Series. Another wicket-keeper-batsman, Rohit Sharma, has staked his claim to be included in the starting lineup. Scored a century against the England.
If Srikar Bhagat is included in India’s XI for the Test match between England and India, the out-of-form Shreyas Iyer may not get a place in the squad.
In Test cricket, Rahul Dravid is the opposite of KL Rahul’s wicket-keeping. KL Rahul has to play as a specialist batsman, according to him. However, Shreyas Iyer place may be in doubt if KL Rahul is the only batsman in the Indian Test team’s starting XI.
Mumbai batter Shreyas Iyer’s lack of form could go in KL Rahul’s favour. Shreyas Iyer failed with the bat in South Africa tour. The selectors are somewhat enraged with Shreyas Iyer.
Srikar Bharat got a century for India ‘A’ team in the four days match against England Lion In Ahmedabad’s 22 yards, Srikar Bharat faced Matthew Potts bowling attack with an undefeated innings of 116 runs. In his innings, he has hit 15 fours. As a specialist wicketkeeper, Srikar Bharat might be included in India’s starting XI for the India vs England Test Series.
The selectors can decide not to include air in the India XI for the opening game as a result of Srikar Bharat’s century.
In the first and second innings of the four-day match, England scored 533 for 8 and 163 for 6, respectively. At 227 runs, India ‘A’ first innings came to a conclusion. The squad led by Abhimanyu Easwaran targeted 490 runs to win in the fourth innings. The India ‘A’ squad finished the game with 426 runs off of 5 wickets. Manav Suthar remained unbeaten on 89 with Srikar Bharat from 22 yards.
India’s squads for India vs England Test Series for the first two matches-
Rohit Sharma (C ), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Srikar Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan.
