The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batter, Dinesh Karthik opines that Shreyas Iyer will not feature in the playing XI of the Indian squad that will be traveling to Australia for the T20 World Cup 2022. Shreyas Iyer has given terrific performances in the series against Sri Lanka as India won the series 3-0. Iyer batted at no.3 as the former skipper Virat Kohli was rested for the series against Sri Lanka.

Shreyas Iyer grabbed the opportunity with both hands scoring brilliant unbeaten half-centuries on the trot to help India win the series against Sri Lanka. Dinesh Karthik gave his opinion during a conversation with Cricbuzz.

Explaining his opinion, Dinesh Karthik said, “think he is aware at the back of his mind that he may not start at the World Cup. But the first step is the book your seat on the flight and he for sure, with these performances, guarantees a strong place or contender. You have to understand that you literally have a set of 4-5 players who can walk into this team and have done well over the period of time. – Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, I can go on.”

Dinesh Karthik also showered praises on the youngsters who are coming into the side as he feels all of them are grabbing the opportunities that they are getting. Team India has maintained an unbeaten streak in the T20I format since the conclusion of the T20 World Cup which took place in October-November last year. Venkatesh Iyer has been given a plethora of chances and also Ravi Bishnoi made his international debut recently. Sanju Samson played all the games against Sri Lanka as well.

Talking about the youngsters, Dinesh Karthik said, “The good thing is that every player coming into the team is trying to put his name out there saying that I’m ready to play for India and that is as good a sign you can get for a new captain and coach. They had a brilliant run so far with Rohit handling the team. They have been phenomenal. There are so many more matches – IPL and then South Africa will come to India. For the moment, you have to say that Shreyas Iyer has batted brilliantly and you will put a smile on every fan in Kolkata knowing that he is the leader and he is ready to go.”