Former Opener India Aakash Chopra poured cold water on the hope that Shreyas Iyer in the Indian test group soon, despite the 30 -year -old standing in recent months across formats.While Iyer was the best Indian scorer in the Victorious ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign and in the IPL season and home red balls had a stellar run, Chopra believes that there is a long queue in front of him when it comes to choosing a testing.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!“Shreyas Iyer will not have a chance now. Many others had no chance,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel. “If you think about it, Karun Nair just got his chance. Sarfaraz Khan didn’t get a shot. Dhruv Jurel is waiting for the sidelines. If he can’t even get among those in the waiting line, then how can he be considered to choose from?”
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Iyer really had an excellent run. He received 480 runs in just seven shifts in Trophy 2024–25 wounds on average 68.57 and a strike rate over 90 years. This was followed by the best IPL season in his career, recorded 604 runs in 17 matches and led Pandjáb Kings to their first finals in nine years.
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Nevertheless, Chopra stressed that the opportunities for the red ball came only with patience. “I know he had a good first-class season. He had a good iPL, took the King’s Pandjab to the finals, led well in a cricket of white ball-but his time came in tests. He will have to wait a little.”Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khaz, another candidate, continues to impress. After the three 1950s and 150 of six tests, he struck 92 for India against England Lions, followed by a century in a match inside the squad in front of the English series.
