After a lot of things surrounding the place of Shreyas Iyer not being in the Indian team is finally over. Shreyas Iyer is all ready to feature for India in the ODI series against Australia. He is also the vice-captain, and what can be more great than that. Let us have a look at Shreyas Iyer’s Comeback Story That’s Inspiring Every Young Cricketer in India.
Shreyas Iyer is a boy from Mumbai who is right-handed and can also bowl if required. He first made his ODI debut for India in February 2017 against the Sri Lankan team. Just a few months later, he got a chance to make his T20 debut in the same year against New Zealand. Four years later, in 2021, he got a chance to feature in a test match for India against New Zealand.
Shreyas Iyer’s Comeback Story That’s Inspiring Every Young Cricketer in India
The ICC World Cup 2023 was his breakout campaign in that India jersey. He played all eleven matches for the Indian team in the World Cup and scored 530 runs. Shreyas Iyer also scored two centuries in the World Cup. He was the third highest run-getter for the Indian team after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Unfournately, India lost the Final.It almost seemed he has grabbed that number four position in the Indian team.
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Things should have been good for Shreyas Iyer after this great performance in the World Cup. He was dropped from the Indian team and he also did not appear in the first-class cricket games for his state. The more sad part was that he was also not given the annual contract by the BCCI. Iyer did not stop here. First under his captaincy, the Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League after ten years in 2023. They released him in 2024 and the Punjab Kings picked him for ₹26.75 crore. He was their captain and help them reach the final for second back-to-back year. His team did not win this time.
Earlier this year, he was in the Indian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He silenced everyone with his bat as Shreyas Iyer was the highest scorer for the Indian team and second highest in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He also scored 48 runs in the final. After all this how can the selectors ignore him. He is made the vice-captain for the Australia series. With the unsure future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer now has the chance to fix his place for the next 5-7 years in the Indian team.
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