Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer rejected the captain’s offer from the West Zone for the upcoming Dalip Trophy version, although he has made himself available as a player for the domestic tournament.
Shreyas Iyer has been a focal point of speculation since its snub from the Indian squad for the upcoming ACC tournament. Despite performing surprisingly in domestic as well as IPL Games, he has not been selected for the Indian T20I side for the Asia Cup.
Shreyas Iyer denied the role of captaincy for the Dalip Trophy
Iyer allegedly rejected the captain’s offer from the West Zone in the Dalip Trophy, after which national selectors chose it to hand over it to his team partner Shardul Thakur.
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Shreyas Iyer made himself available for the Dalip Trophy, which was quoted as the batsman’s first step to prove his inclination to return to the Indian Red-Ball side.
“Yes, it is true that Iyer turned down the proposal from the West Zone Selection Committee to captain the team. After that, the chairman of the committee, Sanjay Patil, who is also a major selector of Mumbai, approached Thakur to lead the West Zone, an opportunity that Thakur happily accepted,” a source said that a source said that the Mumbai Mirror was quoted.
Shreyas Iyer started training with a white-ball hoping a call-up for the Asia Cup.
Reports show that the Shres were expecting a call-up for the Asia Cup and started training of white ball along with coach Praveen Emere in indoor facility at MCA. However, he was not selected for the Asia Cup squad.
Since the Asia Cup was scheduled to begin on September 9 on 2025 and it would not be available for the majority of the season, Iyer refused to captain the Duleep Trophy for West Zone, citing such a situation.
The newly appointed captain Shardul Thakur will now lead to West Zone. He scored 505 runs for Mumbai, as well as 35 wickets in the last Ranji season.
West zone selectors indicate at the end of the red-ball career for giants
West zone selectors refused to give a chance to select players like Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, which dismissed their opportunity to return the red ball. Pujara today announced his retirement after being out of the Indian test side.
Cheteshwar Pujara played 103 Test matches for the country, the last presence against Australia in June 2023, and he scored 7195 runs at an average of 43.60 with 19 centuries and 35 fifty.
Mumbai’s new U-19 head coach, Kiran Power, will serve as the head coach of West Zone for the tournament, which will start on August 28 at the BCCI Center of Excellence. it Also, 2025-26 also marks the beginning of the domestic season.
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