{"id":277220,"date":"2025-05-24T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/ajit-agarkar-gives-blunt-response-for-not-picking-shreyas-iyer-in-indias-squad-for-eng-vs-ind-2025-tests\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:18","slug":"ajit-agarkar-gives-blunt-response-for-not-picking-shreyas-iyer-in-indias-squad-for-eng-vs-ind-2025-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/ajit-agarkar-gives-blunt-response-for-not-picking-shreyas-iyer-in-indias-squad-for-eng-vs-ind-2025-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajit Agarkar gives blunt response for not picking Shreyas Iyer in India\u2019s squad for ENG vs IND 2025 Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4929546\" data-slug-id=\"2531106\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chief selector Ajit Agarkar announced Team India\u2019s 18-member squad for the upcoming five-match Test tour of England on Saturday, May 24. While several big names were included, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/shreyas-iyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Shreyas Iyer<\/a>, who performed brilliantly in domestic cricket this season, couldn\u2019t find a place in the team.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the selection committee\u2019s decision to exclude Iyer from the squad, Agarkar had a rather blunt response as he said (via Firstpost):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShreyas had a good one-day series, played well in domestic as well but right now there\u2019s no room in Test cricket.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, Iyer&#8217;s last Test appearance was during England&#8217;s tour of India in early 2024, where he played two out of the five Tests, one each in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Shreyas Iyer is currently leading the Punjab Kings (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/kings-xi-punjab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">PBKS<\/a>) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The team has made it to the playoffs under the 30-year-old\u2019s captaincy, who notably led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a title win in IPL 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Mumbai-born will aim to lead PBKS to their maiden IPL championship and also add a second title to his name. If Iyer manages to lift the trophy this season, he will become the first-ever captain to lead two franchises to title wins in the IPL.<\/p>\n<h2>India\u2019s squad for England tour<\/h2>\n<p>Team India\u2019s 18-member squad for the forthcoming tour of England will see Shubman Gill at the helm, with the 25-year-old replacing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/rohit-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> as India\u2019s full-time Test skipper. Rohit, notably, announced his Test retirement earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping Bumrah\u2019s workload in mind, Agarkar said the committee decided to name Rishabh Pant as the vice-captain for this tour. He also mentioned that the pace spearhead will not be available for all five matches of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Sai Sudharsan and Abhimanyu Easwaran&#8217;s call-ups, Karun Nair returned to the Test setup for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>With three stalwarts of Indian cricket &#8211; Rohit Sharma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/virat-kohli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, and Ravichandran Ashwin &#8211; having announced their retirement from Tests, it\u2019ll be interesting to see how Gill leads the new-look team against England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team India\u2019s squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/jasprit-bumrah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/1330137-1714202695-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Vaishnavi Iyer&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nVaishnavi is a cricket writer and editor at Sportskeeda with around 3 years of professional experience, having previously worked at CricTracker. 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