Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer. (Photo: BCCI)
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Shreyas Iyer faced a bit of hard luck in ICC T20 World Cup 2022 as he was not picked in the Indian squad for the tournament. He was selected as one of the stand-by players in the squad just like Asia Cup 2022. Iyer is a regular batsman in the team in the last few years but the narrow competition for the batsmen kept him away from the final 15.

Shreyas Iyer is one of the most experienced T20 players for the Indian team. He has played 46 T20Is and accounts for 1029 runs at an average of 33.19. He has also slammed 7 fifties in the shortest format and owns a strike rate of 136+. However, like the last year’s T20 World Cup, Iyer could not grab a place in the squad this year as well. Here we take a glance at 3 reasons why Shreyas Iyer was not selected in India squad for T20 World Cup 2022.

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3 Reasons Why Shreyas Iyer Was Not Selected In India Squad For T20 World Cup 2022

1. Middle-Order Batter Profile

Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer
Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav. (Photo: Twitter)

Shreyas Iyer is a middle-order batter. In the national team, there are many batsmen with the same profile. Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav don similar roles. Moreover, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who are among the most crucial part of the playing XI, also bat in the middle-order.

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Deepak Hooda, who has recently impressed with his batting in the shortest format, is also a middle-order batter. Hence since the selectors had so many options for middle-order batters, Iyer was overlooked for the position over others.

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