Former India player Aakash Chopra has shared that Shreyas Iyer was rightly not considered for selection for the ongoing Test series against England. He added that Iyer is unlikely to get a place in India’s Test squad immediately as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “No, Sir. There is no issue in batting in any case, and his number will not come now. I mean it won’t come immediately. The number can come any time, but it wasn’t supposed to come now because the others haven’t gotten an opportunity. If you think about it, Karun Nair has played just now. You are unable to give Sarfaraz Khan an opportunity. Dhruv Jurel is sitting outside. So when the players who are already there aren’t getting full opportunities, how will Shreyas’ number come? So there was no chance of Shreyas Iyer’s number coming now.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also opined that Shreyas Iyer has performed very well in domestic cricket and IPL 2025, but added that he will have to bide his time for now as well.

“Yes, I know, since he had a very good first-class season, had a good IPL, made the team win, and all of that, it’s beautiful, white-ball cricket, but Test cricket, especially away from home, his time will come, but I think it won’t come now. He will have to wait a little more,” Aakash Chopra concluded.