Rahul Dravid would not have ruined this player’s career, today Team India’s new Test captain after Rohit Sharma!

Former India head coach Rahul Dravid has been over a year since his term ended his term. He resigned from the post after the T20 World Cup in June 2024. During his tenure, players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya brought their game to new heights. But during this time, the decision to ignore a player is now in controversies.

This player is none other than Shreyas Iyer, whose name was now being seen as a possible Test captain in Indian cricket. But the fans say that a decision by Rahul Dravid pushed Iyer’s career back.

Injury or holiday? Questions raised on South Africa tour

During the tour of South Africa in 2023-24, Shreyas Iyer withdrew the name from the series citing injury. But soon after that he was seen holidaying, which raised questions on his intentions. There is also a lot of questions about his return to Test cricket.

Rahul Dravid’s instructions ignored

After this, Rahul Dravid instructed the players running out of the team to play domestic cricket. But Iyer also ignored it. As a result, he was not only excluded from the team, but also had to lose his hand from BCCI’s central contract.

Suspense on Iyer’s return

30 -year -old Shreyas Iyer has performed well in both domestic cricket and IPL in recent times in both captaincy and batting. Despite this, the selectors are not currently in the mood to give him a chance in the Test team.

Is a captain lost?

BCCI is now looking for a new Test captain after India’s disappointing performance in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. According to reports, Shubman Gill may be given the captaincy and Rishabh Pant can be given the responsibility of vice -captain. In such a situation, the fans say that if Rahul Dravid and team management had given Shreyas Iyer a chance, perhaps they would have been leading the Test team today.

Shreyas Iyer has so far scored 811 runs in 24 innings of 14 Test matches at an average of 36.86. Statistics show that they have the ability to play long cricket, but being out of priority for the selectors may prove to be a big shock for their career.