Shreyas Iyer to get new responsibility for India during upcoming home series after Asia Cup 2025 omission

subhradeep-choudhury — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:50:58 GMT

Shreyas Iyer to get new responsibility for India.

Shreyas Iyer, the middle-order Indian batter, has found himself in the news for the last couple of weeks. It all started with him getting ignored from the 15-member squad of the Blue Brigade for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, starting on September 09. Instead of him, the selection committee decided to go with Shubman Gill, who also got the vice-captaincy responsibility of the Blue Brigade.

But there is another chance for the veteran to shine. It will be against Australia at home. for India. The Iyer issue will be under focus whenever the selectors meet. There is no question of Iyer getting a chance in the eleven, but it’s around whether he would get a huge role in the team. The Aussies will be in India next week to play two four-day red-ball games and three white-ball encounters.

Iyer is currently in Bengaluru to play for the West Zone side in the Duleep Trophy 2025 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. On 25, the right-handed batter was cleaned up by left-arm pacer, Khaleel Ahmed. However, it’s unlikely that the knock would make any impact on his selection for the red-ball games, if not for three white-ball fixtures.

Shreyas Iyer likely to lead India A at home against Australia

The 30-year-old has overall smashed 811 runs in 24 Test innings at an average of 36.86 and a strike rate of 63.01, thanks to five half-centuries and one century at the best score of 105 runs. In 137 FC innings, he has drilled 6363 runs at an average of 30.66 and a strike rate of 136.12 with the help of eight fifties at the best score of undefeated 74 runs.

Apart from Iyer, among the top performers of the ongoing Duleep Trophy, the selectors may consider Nitish Reddy, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Narayan Jagadeesan, Rajat Patidar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and others for the Australia A series.

The first four-day game will start on September 16 in Lucknow, a day after the end of the Duleep Trophy 2025. So, the selection will be made on the semifinal heroics. The second four-day clash will be on September 23 at the same ground before the action shifts to Kanpur for the white-ball games from September 30.