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IND VS ENG: Shreyas Iyer was not going to play the first ODI, why suddenly had to give place in playing 11

Shreyas iyer

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Shreyas Iyer

In the three -match ODI series initiative against England, Team India was completely dominated, in which he won the match by 4 wickets. In this match, Shreyas Iyer, who played in the middle order in the batting order of the Indian team, made a lot of headlines on the basis of his half -century innings. Shreyas Iyer, who is returning after about 6 months in international cricket after about 6 months, worked to fully confirm the Indian team’s victory with an explosive innings of 59 runs in just 36 balls in the first ODI played at Nagpur stadium. Iyer completed his 50 runs in just 30 balls. At the same time, after the match, Shreyas Iyer also shocked everyone with his statement in which he told that earlier he was not going to get a place in the playing 11 of this match.

Iyer got a place in the team due to Kohli’s unfit

In the first ODI match, the Indian team landed on the field without Virat Kohli, who could not play this match due to swelling in the knee. Shreyas Iyer said in his statement to broadcasters after the match was over that I was not going to play in this match earlier. Last night I was watching a film and thought that I would wake up till late at night and finish it. At the same time, I got a call from the captain that you can play tomorrow’s match because Virat has swollen knee and then I quickly went back to my room and immediately slept. At the same time, Iyer also said in his statement that I do not want to give any kind of reaction on the fact that I was not being fed first and later had to be included. I just try to live this moment in which we want to enjoy this victory.

Who will now be out on Kohli’s return

Before Champions Tophy 2025, Team India now has 2 more ODI matches for preparation, in which everyone’s eyes will also be fixed on Virat Kohli’s return, with whom Shubman Gill made it clear after the first match that she on 9 February Will be seen playing in the match in Cuttack. In such a situation, everyone is going to have an eye on which player has a holiday from playing 11. In the first ODI, 2 players from Team India got a chance to debut in ODIs, including one opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal and the other fast bowler Harshit Rana.

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