Virender Sehwag came out in support of Shreyas Iyer! Questions asked to BCCI for being dropped from Test team

Virender sehwag support shreyas iyer: On May 24, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced an 18 -member team for the five -match Test series against England. It was also told that Shubman Gill has been made the new captain of Indian red ball cricket. At the same time, Rishabh Pant has been declared the new vice -captain. But not having the name of Shreyas Iyer in this 18 -member team has also become a matter of discussion.

Now former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has come in support of the team’s star batsman Shreyas Iyer and he has also raised questions in front of the team selectors.

Virender Sehwag’s statement in support of Shreyas Iyer

Recently, while talking on the cricbing, Virender Sehwag gave his opinion on the outdoors of Shreyas Iyer. He said that this Mumbai batsman does not get much credit for his captaincy.

Virender Sehwag said, “Shreyas does not get much credit for captaincy. Just as Manish (Tiwari) said that Rishabh Pant did not get the captaincy because his IPL 2025 was not good. But Iyer’s season has not been fantastic, he is also captain, why are he not taken in the Test team?”

Shreyas Iyer’s performance in Test cricket

Shreyas Iyer last played a Test match in February 2024. He has played 14 Test matches in his cricket career. In these 14 Tests, he has scored 811 runs at an average of 36.86. Which includes 1 century and 5 half -centuries.

Indian Test team for England tour

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rabindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj Siraj, Akash, Akash Deep, Akash Deep, Kulpadeep.