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Home / News / Sports News / Shreyas Iyer likely to replace Virat Kohli for Afghanistan Test
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Shreyas Iyer likely to replace Virat Kohli for Afghanistan Test

Shreyas Iyer likely to replace Virat Kohli for Afghanistan Test
Written by Anjana Raghav
May 07, 2018, 05:42 pm 3 min read
Shreyas Iyer likely to replace Virat Kohli for Afghanistan Test

Virat Kohli's maiden county sojourn might pave the way for Shreyas Iyer's entry into the Indian squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan starting June 14, when the national selection committee meets to pick a host of squads in Bengaluru tomorrow. Kohli will play for Surrey for the entire month of June. He will also miss two T20 Internationals against Ireland in Dublin.

Team lead
Rahane to lead team during Afghan Test; Rohit during Ireland-leg

While Ajinkya Rahane is set to lead the Indian team for the Test match, Rohit Sharma is likely to be in charge during the Ireland leg with Kohli taking over at the start of July, a BCCI official said today. It is understood that barring Virat Kohli, almost all the Test team regulars will be in action against Afghanistan.

Information
Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma to come back from England

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma are expected to come back from England after Yorkshire's away game against Surrey at the Oval from May 11-14. Yorkshire's next match is on June 20 against Hampshire.

Afghanistan Test
Pujara and Ishant Sharma won't play Royal London Cup

"There was a bit of wrong communication in some sections of media. Pujara was always going to play the Test match against Afghanistan," the BCCI official said. "Ditto for Ishant Sharma, who doesn't have a game for Sussex after his next match against Kent from May 11-14. Both are not playing any Royal London Cup matches during that phase," the official added.

Pattern of selection
Like-for-like replacement: So, Kohli's replacement is Iyer

As far as Kohli's replacement is concerned, the pattern of selection by the current panel, led by MSK Prasad, indicates that Iyer could be in the running for his Test debut against Afghanistan. "We have like-for-like replacements. For Kohli, it has been Iyer. For Jadeja, it's Axar Patel, for Hardik Pandya, it's Vijay Shankar. You cannot miss the pattern," a selection committee member said.

Average runs
Iyer made 3989 runs in 46 first-class matches

Selectors had picked Iyer as Kohli's cover during the Dharamsala Test against Australia in 2017. Kohli had sustained a shoulder injury then. Iyer, however, didn't find a place in the playing XI as Kuldeep Yadav made his debut and had a successful outing. However, with an aggregate of 3989-runs in 46 first-class matches at an average of 53.90 means Iyer could find a place.

Fight for place
Iyer has to fight to win place in Indian team

But with Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara and skipper Rahane being certainties in the playing XI, Shreyas Iyer will have to fight for his place along with Rohit Sharma, who has had a mediocre Test record so far. The selectors will also announce the squads for the limited-overs leg of UK tour along with the India "A" tour of England.

A tour
India A tour to begin from June 22

For the two-match T20 series, most of the players of Nidahas Trophy team are likely to be retained. Youngsters Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill and Shivam Mavi are likely to find a place in India A team coached by Rahul Dravid. The India 'A' tour of England will begin with an ODI tri-series against England Lions (A team) and West Indies A, from June 22.

Information
India A will play a four-day 'Test' against the 'Lions'

India A will play a four-day "Test" against the "Lions" from July 16-19 at Worcester apart from a couple of three-day games against county sides. Seven Test team regulars will be there in the UK after completion of Afghanistan Test to get into the groove.

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