“Shreyas Iyer is an automatic choice” - Ex-Indian cricketer slams Indian selection committee

Former Indian chief selector and analyst Kris Srikkanth has slammed the Indian selection committee for not including Shreyas Iyer in the Asia Cup 2025 squad, which will be led by Suryakumar Yadav.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Srikkanth felt that Iyer is an automatic choice to be a part of the Asia Cup 2025 squad, adding that he scored more than 600 runs in the recently concluded IPL 2025 season

After announcing the Indian squad for the Asia Cup campaign, chief selector Ajit Agarkar had stated that it wasn’t anyone’s fault that Iyer wasn’t selected in the squad. However, he added that the batter needs to wait for his turn.

“With regard to Shreyas, who can he replace? No fault of his, nor is it ours. At the moment, you can only pick 15,” Agarkar said.

Interestingly, Iyer failed to make it to the standby players list as well, which includes Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.

“On current form, Shreyas Iyer is an automatic choice. Let’s be very clear. You need to look at recent matches; there’s no point judging a player by form from a year ago. He scored 600 runs in the IPL at a strike rate of 175. Strike rate is the most important factor here,” Kris Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel.

“He has been brilliant. Yet you have left him out. You’ve confused him now. For a player who has performed so well, you are saying: ‘tell me who he will replace in the side’. I cannot understand this statement. It’s a nonsensical statement from Agarkar. Totally nonsensical. I don’t agree with him,” he added.

India squad for Asia Cup 2025: Surya Kumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Reserves: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.

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