India and England gamers are presently having fun with a protracted break between the second and third Check of the five-match collection. Rajkot Check continues to be six days away from getting underway because the collection is levelled at 1-1. Group India performed with out Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja within the second Check and even then, managed to win it courtesy good performances from Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal. In the meantime, India’s damage woes proceed to mount as one other middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is now unlikely to play at the least the Rajkot Check.
In keeping with report in Cricbuzz, Iyer is uncertain for the third Check towards England as he has complained of stiffness within the again. Furthermore, the report additionally states that the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) has written to the BCCI about Iyer’s health standing. A number of media reviews additionally recommend that Iyer is uncertain for all of the remaining Check matches of the collection. The Mumbai cricketer was already below fireplace after a string of low scores in consecutive Check matches and this damage is an enormous setback for Iyer.
This isn’t the primary time that he has struggled with again damage. He missed the beginning of the Border Gavaskar collection final 12 months after which his continual situation bought worse within the fourth Check in Ahmedabad that led to him going below the knife. He additionally missed the Indian Premier League (IPL) whereas lacking the majority of cricket in 2023. He returned simply earlier than the World Cup for the Asia Cup and in addition performed within the mega occasion.
Group India’s squad for the final three Exams is but to be introduced and now that Iyer’s damage has come up, there’s each probability of Sarfaraz Khan making his Check debut in Rajkot. It additionally stays to be seen if Rahul and Jadeja have regained their health as reportedly, the selectors have been ready for his or her health standing from NCA and therefore, postponed their choice assembly that was earlier scheduled on Feburary 8 (Thursday). The squad for the final three Check matches is predicted to be introduced at this time (Friday).