Delhi: Former Indian veteran batsman Mohammad Kaif has expressed displeasure over the selection decision to prefer Sai Sudarshan to Sai Sudarshan for England tour. India announced their Test team for the tour of England on 24 May, which included Sai Sudarshan as a new face. Although Karun Nair and some other players got a place, Mumbai batsman Shreyas’s name was not included in the team.
Iyer played the last time during the Test cricket tour of England and since then he has been out of India’s Test team. He then performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, scoring 480 runs in 5 matches in the 2024-25 season, including a double century.
Talking on his YouTube channel, Kaif said that Sai Sudarshan was selected after his good IPL performance, while Shreyas Iyer has been doing well for a long time. The former cricketer said that the current Punjab Kings captain had also performed brilliantly in the 2023 ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy.
Kaif said that the selectors recognized the IPL form for Sai Sudarshan, but did not implement the same criteria for Shreyas.
Kaif said, “Sai Sudarshan is a great player, no doubt. But, he was selected in the Test team after a good IPL season (679 runs and counting). At the same time, Iyer has been doing well for a long time. He scored about 550 runs in the 2023 ODI World Cup and also played well in the Champions Trophy. If you are also captaining, then on the one hand you are following white-ball performance for one player and not for the other. ”
While Sai Sudarshan is considered to be the future of Indian cricket, his first-class figures have not been very impressive. On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer has strong figures for return to the team. In IPL 2025, the captain of Punjab Kings has scored 514 runs in 14 matches.
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