Shreyas Iyer out of red-ball cricket for six months; India A squads named

Shreyas Iyer has decided to instrumentality a six-month interruption from red-ball cricket owed to recurring backmost problems, it was confirmed by the BCCI connected Thursday. He informed the BCCI astir his determination aft experiencing backmost spasms and stiffness having undergone caller country successful the UK.

However, helium volition pb the squad successful the 3 one-day matches for India A against Australia A with Rajat Patidar named skipper for Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup.As TOI reported, Iyer, who volition crook 31 soon, spoke with main selector Ajit Agarkar astir his struggles with first-class cricket. "Iyer spoke to Agarkar and conveyed that it's getting tougher for him to endure the rigours of first-class cricket. He is experiencing immoderate discomfort successful his back.

That's wherefore helium has pulled retired of the India 'A' match," a BCCI root revealed to TOI.The interruption volition let Iyer to absorption connected gathering his assemblage spot and improving his fitness. His caller performances person been disappointing, with debased scores successful some the Duleep Trophy (25 and 12 runs) and India A matches (8 runs).The India A squad volition play 3 one-day matches against Australia A successful Kanpur from September 30. Iyer volition skipper the broadside for these matches.

The Irani Cup volition beryllium played successful Nagpur from October 1, with Rajat Patidar starring the Rest of India squad against Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha.India A squad for 1st one-day match: Shreyas Iyer (C), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, Suryansh Shedge, Vipraj Nigam, Nishant Sindhu, Gurjapneet Singh, Yudhvir Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Porel (WK), Priyansh Arya, Simarjeet SinghIndia A squad for 2nd and 3rd one-day matches: Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Verma (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, Suryansh Shedge, Vipraj Nigam, Nishant Sindhu, Gurjapneet Singh, Yudhvir Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Porel (WK), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep SinghRest of India squad (Irani Cup): Rajat Patidar (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Aryan Juyal (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Yash Dhull, Shaikh Rasheed, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tanush Kotian, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Saransh Jain