Star player Shreyas Iyer led Punjab Kings to the Indian Premier League final, and he has been receiving a lot of praise. Earlier, he helped Delhi Capitals reach the final of IPL 2020 and won the title with Kolkata Knight Riders last year as well. While talking about the leadership skills of Iyer, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar praised him as well.

“If he is worthy of being the captain or not, we first need to look at Shubman Gill, who is the Test captain. We need to give him opportunities. If we talk about such things, then we are creating undue pressure on Shubman Gill,” Gavaskar said on Sports Tak. “There is no need to create pressure on Shubman Gill before the England tour. You first need to realise that Shreyas Iyer is not even in the Indian team. There should be no talk about him being made the next Indian captain.”

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Howveer, Shreyas Iyer was overlooked as BCCI picked an 18-member squad for the five-match Test series against England, starting June 20 as well. Gill has been appointed as the new Test captain after Rohit Sharma’s retirement, whereas Rishabh Pant has been named his deputy.

“When he (Iyer) makes a return to the side then you can have a look at whether he can be made the captain or not. We need to show tremendous confidence in Shubman Gill, who has just been made the Test captain. He is our India captain. You shouldn’t create doubts in his mind, there should be no pressure on him. You shouldn’t create pressure, saying, ‘Oh look, there is Shreyas Iyer’,” he added.