- After Indian captain Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the first Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, the fortunes of middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer have shined. The cricket board has suddenly given him the responsibility of captaincy.
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The Indian team is facing a lot of difficulties before the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 starting from November 22. Due to personal reasons, captain Rohit Sharma has withdrawn his name from the first Test. Apart from this, many players of the team had to undergo injury. Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has handed over the responsibility of captaincy to middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer. So let us know for how many matches he is going to play the role of captain?
Shreyas Iyer got the captaincy of the team
It has been many months since 29-year-old batsman Shreyas Iyer has been away from Team India. He played his last match for India in August. Since then, the Indian selectors have been ignoring him. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Cricket Association has entrusted a big responsibility to Shreyas Iyer.
He will be seen in the role of captain from Monday. Actually, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 is going to start from November 30, for which he has been made the captain of the Mumbai team. He would like to make a comeback in the Indian team by performing well in this tournament.
This player returned to the team
Shreyas Iyer’s recent performance has been excellent. He impressed everyone with his explosive batting in Ranji Trophy 2024. In a match played against Odisha, he played a stormy innings of 233 runs. He also scored a century in the previous match. Indian young batsman Prithvi Shaw has returned to the Mumbai team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024.
The Mumbai Cricket Association had dropped him from the Ranji Trophy team due to fitness and discipline issues. However, now he is fully prepared to make a comeback. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir would also like Team India to benefit from his form.
Rohit Sharma will not be a part of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
It is worth noting that Indian captain Rohit Sharma has recently become a father for the second time, due to which he has asked the BCCI for a break from the first Test match. Apart from him, young batsman Shubman Gill will also not be available for the Perth Test. He had a fracture in his thumb during the practice match at WACA, due to which he has been ruled out of the first match.
Mumbai team for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jai Bista, Ajinkya Rahane, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Sairaj Patil, Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Akash Anand (wicketkeeper), Shams Mulani, Himanshu Singh, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur. , Mohit Awasthi, Royston Dias, Junaid Khan.