'Even someone like Shreyas Iyer...'- Ex-India cricketer's critical opinion about IND vs OMA Asia Cup 2025 match

Oman's batting performance was surprising against India on September 19 in an Asia Cup 2025 match, like the batting order of Team India. It was expected that Team India was going to do some experiments against Oman, as they already moved into Super 4s.

Ahead of the match, the question was what kind of experiments the team management planned. The scenario got clearer when batters started to come into the crease—a reshuffle in batting positions. Captain Suryakumar Yadav did not even come to bat, and India won. India defeated Oman by 21 runs, registering 188 runs in the first innings, and remained unbeaten in the group stages. Former India international Krishnamachari Srikkanth shared his view on India's tactics in their final match of the Asia Cup 2025 initial stage. 

There were a lot of controversies regarding India's squad for the tournament. But it is undeniable that there are too many players capable of representing Men in Blue in the T20I format. Enlightening the fact, Srikkanth opined that India has at least 16 quality players who are capable enough to be in the playing XI.

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K Srikkanth remarks about India's win over Oman in Asia Cup 2025 group stage 

He said about Shreyas Iyer, who was in stunning form in ODIs, IPL 2025, and domestic cricket as well, that he was still unable to make an entry in the squad. The former cricketer believes that if all the batters could score big runs, then India could have easily scored well over 200. 

"Suryakumar Yadav didn't even bat; Tilak Varma came down the order, and with seemingly no one scoring much, we made 188 easily. They would have scored 225 or 250 otherwise. India has at least 16 players that can play in the 11. Even someone like Shreyas Iyer isn't able to break through," Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel.