It has not been quite an impressive outing for Shreyas Iyer in Test cricket in recent times. Iyer has not been able to breach the 50-run mark in his last 13 Test innings.
His last Test half-century came against Bangladesh in December 2022. Iyer scored his last Test century on his debut appearance against New Zealand in November 2021.
With big names like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja out of the second Test against England, Iyer was expected to lead the Indian middle order in Visakhapatnam. But he could manage to score 27 and 29 in the second Test against the Ben Stokes-led side. Needless to say, Iyer’s poor string of performances has now resulted in many asking the middle order batter to be dropped from the playing XI.
Former India cricketer Pragyan Ojha has now stated that Iyer should make way for Kohli and also advised him to return to domestic cricket in order to regain his form.