Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has shaed his views on Shreyas Iyer’s chances of touring England for the upcoming five-match Test series. While Shastri suggested that Iyer will be in the squad, he also feels it remains to be seen how much of a competition he faces as well.

Speaking on the latest episode of the ICC Review, Shastri said: “Shreyas Iyer, in particular, the way he’s played for India over the last 18 months and he’s become an absolute certainty in the white-ball format of the game, especially the one-day format. He can (earn a recall for Test cricket) but it’s again going to be a competition. White-ball, certain (selection). Test cricket, (we) have got to see who the other players are around.”

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With Shreyas Iyer having struggled against short-pitched deliveries, Shastri noticed that the change in his stance along with lifting his bat as well which allows him to play on both sides of the wicket comfortably as well.

“He was very side on, was back and back, very much leg-side. The fact that he’s prepared to go back and across now and with a very upright stance and the pick up. While he’s moving back, the bat’s being picked up as well when he’s going back and across. That allows him to play both sides of the wicket. If they bang it in short, he can pull and hook. And if there’s any room outside the off stump, he can cut as well. So that opens up the game for him rather than being too leg-side where the rib cage was being targeted and then there was no escape,” Ravi Shastri concluded.