Why was Shreyas Iyer removed from the Asia Cup 2025? Chief selector Ajit Agarkar gave clarification

By Cross Talk India Team Last updated Aug 19, 2025

Ajit agarkar breaks Silence on shreyas iyer: Team India has been announced for the Asia Cup 2025. For which a press conference was held at the BCCI headquarters on August 19. T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav and Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar were present in this press conference.

When the 15 -member team was announced for the Asia Cup 2025, the most shocking name in it was Shreyas Iyer. Those who have been excluded from the Asia Cup 2025. After which the discussion started among the fans as to why Iyer was kept out of this tournament. On this, the Chief Selector has come forward and clarified.

Ajit Agarkar cleaned Iyer

Shreyas Iyer performed brilliantly in ODIs against England. Apart from this, he also performed well in the Champions Trophy and IPL and his game in the domestic T20 tournament was amazing. Despite this, Shreyas Iyer did not get a place in the Asia Cup 2025 team. Not only this, he is also not included in the list of standby players.

On this, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar said during the press conference, “Shreyas Iyer is regrettable to stay out of the team. It is neither their fault nor ours. They just have to wait a little, their opportunity will come.”

15 -member Indian team for Asia Cup 2025

India Squad:
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.
Standbai: Siddha Krishna, Washington Sundar, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurael and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Shreyas Iyer’s performance in T20

Shreyas Iyer has played a total of 51 T20 matches for the Indian team so far. In these 51 matches, Iyer has scored 1104 runs at an average of 30.66. Which includes 8 half -centuries. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer has scored 3731 runs in 133 IPL matches at an average of 34.22. Which includes 27 half -centuries. Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2024 title under Iyer’s captaincy. At the same time, Punjab Kings played the final match of IPL 2025 under his captaincy.