Days after Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were excluded from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) list of central contracts, batting legend Sunil Gawaskar has come out in support of the underfire Mumbai batter. Though Sunil Gawaskar sympathized with Iyer, the legendary cricketer issued a noteworthy statement about Kishan’s decision not to feature for the Jharkhand side in the Ranji Trophy.
Sunil Gawaskar Pointed About Team Management
Discussing the curious case of Iyer in his column for the Mid Day, Gavaskar pointed out that the Mumbai batter informed the team management about his inability to play the 3rd Test against England. Iyer was left out of India’s remaining three Test against England. The Mumbai batter had experienced back spasms in the build-up to the 3rd Test between the two teams.
‘Shreyas Iyer Did Miss Quarter-Finals’ – Sunil Gawaskar
“He did miss the quarter-finals, but that was also the time he had informed the team management of his inability to play the third Test match due to some pain in his back . However, the trainers at the NCA certified that his markers were clean and they found him fit to play. That seemed to have gone against Iyer. Threshold of pain is an individual thing and no trainer can judge that,” Gavaskar wrote.
Nobody Knows Why Kishan Has Turned Up
Iyer’s former teammate and gloveman Kishan opted to take a break from competitive cricket for personal reasons during the South Africa series. However, Kishan recently made his return in the DY Patil T20 tournament ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Earlier, Iyer was given a Grade B by the BCCI while Kishan was slotted in the Grade C category.