Has Shreyas Iyer arrested a place in India’s test squad for England?

Social media seem to be sure that the non-selection of Shreyas Iyer in the India test team for England is nothing less than a crime. A list of his solid versions is completed. He accepted the Ranji trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Champions Trophy and now the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was undoubtedly a great 9 months before Shreyas.

Format mixing

Nobody can deny that he has been a striking artist. But notice how four of these five tournaments are White Ball? Everyone seems to include the success of Shreyas in the shorter format with the longest and most difficult format.

It is clear that Rentheidsbias is coming up. That should not happen. Shreyas scored runs in IPL and taking Punjab Kings to the play -offs After 10 years should not have an influence on his selection for a TOOT in England.

Holes in Ranji Trophy Record

Shreyas did well in the Ranji trophy. 480 runs on 68.57 is great. That also in just 7 innings. A double hundred too. But a deeper look would reveal that the Shreyas record has some holes. Are 2 hundreds (142 and 233) against slightly weaker teams such as Maharashtra and Odisha. If we remove these two scores, Shreyas only scored 105 points in 5 innings.

This shows that the Shreyas record against the better opposition has not been so great. And we are talking about the ranji trophy. Yes, the level is high, but nowhere near Test Cricket. But there are more reasons why he was overlooked.

Short ball and technology

We know that Shreyas has tackled his problems with short balls. But we have only seen him play in Dubai and India since he has returned. His first overseas test is yet to come. But the selectors were still not 100% sure of his bravery with red balls. They are sold on his ability to tackle the swinging ball in England or his tendency to play at the ball, which is a criminal in England and Testing Cricket in general.

Competition

All this is enough, but then you think he is also a good competition. Karun Nair, who scored 863 points, has been selected. Sarfaraz Khan, who was part of the team in Australia, is not even picked. How does Shreyas jump in one way or another?

“Shreyas had a good one -day series and also played well in the house, but at the moment there is no room in test cricket.” This is what Agarkar said about the exclusion of Shreyas, and it is 100% correct. His time will certainly come, but not now.