‘He didn’t put a foot unsuitable’: Sanjay Manjrekar questions Shreyas Iyer’s exclusion from Asia Cup – Watch | Cricket News – Times of India

Shreyas Iyer (Agency Image)

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised the BCCI’s senior males’s choice committee for choosing gamers in a single format based mostly on performances in one other. According to him, India’s Asia Cup T20I squad lacks cricketing logic and has ignored gamers who had been excellent within the shortest format. Speaking on Instagram, Manjrekar mentioned he has seen this “format mixing” pattern through the years. “When I see a player getting rewarded for his Test match performances by being placed in the T20 side, I just find that devoid of cricketing logic. It just doesn’t make any sense,” he remarked. While he didn’t point out names straight, his feedback gave the impression to be directed at Shubman Gill’s inclusion as T20I vice-captain regardless of his latest success coming primarily in Test cricket. In distinction, Shreyas Iyer, who had a breakthrough season within the IPL, was omitted of even the standby checklist. Manjrekar referred to as Iyer’s exclusion “shocking” given his latest kind. The Punjab Kings skipper scored over 600 runs in IPL 2025, main his crew to their first remaining in 11 years. He additionally completed the season with a median above 50 and a strike charge over 170, the best amongst high run-getters.

“This is a guy who had been left out earlier for not committing enough to domestic cricket, but he came back with great intent. His batting in the Champions Trophy and then the England ODI series showed a different level of maturity. He carried that form into the IPL and dominated throughout,” Manjrekar mentioned. He added that if selectors wished to drop Iyer, it ought to have been solely in favour of somebody with stronger T20 credentials. “Pick a guy who has done well in T20 cricket, not someone who has excelled in Test cricket,” he concluded. Despite his kind, Iyer was not included in India’s 20-member squad or among the many 5 reserves named for the Asia Cup.