Former India opener Aakash Chopra believes that Shreyas Iyer should be picked for the upcoming Asia Cup squad. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra praised Iyer’s performance in the Champions Trophy held earlier this year.
“Shreyas Iyer needs to be spoken about because when we were watching the Champions Trophy, no Indian player was better than him in the middle overs. He was the guy who was taking the attack to the opposition. He was the guy who was hitting boundaries whenever he wished, and removing the pressure on the batter at the other end.”
Iyer had a fantastic year in the IPL when he was the captain for Punjab Kings and took his team to the final. The 30-year-old Right hander played 17 matches and scored 604 runs at an average of 50.33 and a strike rate of 175.07 that included six fifties. His innings in the second qualifier against Mumbai Indians was instrumental in taking his team to the final.
Chopra believes Iyer’s performance in the IPL 2025 also strengthens his case to be selected in the team. “After that came the IPL. There were plenty of pressures. This was Shreyas Iyer’s best-ever IPL season. We have repeatedly seen that T20 selections are based on IPL performances. We have seen that with Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, and everyone. If we see it from that token, Shreyas Iyer deserves to play.”
The Mumbai batter has played 51 T20Is for India, scoring 1,104 runs at an average of 30.66 and a strike rate of 136.12. His tally includes eight half-centuries, with a highest score of an unbeaten 74.
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