Shreyas Iyer is going to be rewarded for his strong performance in ICC Champions Trophy, BCCI to announce the good news soon, he will return to the central contract!
Champions Trophy 2025 Final: Indian cricket team player Shreyas Iyer has performed well in the Champions Trophy 2025. He has performed well on many occasions before this. Now Shreyas Iyer is going to get big news. According to a report, the Board of Control for Cricket in India may soon give Iyer a place in the central contract. The board had dropped Iyer from the contract last year. But now he is playing continuously and is also performing well.
Shreyas Iyer was dropped from the central contract by BCCI last year. According to a report in Times of India, Iyer may now return to the contract. There is no information yet about which category of contract Iyer will get. BCCI may promote Akshar Patel, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant in the contract. These three players are currently in category A. While Akshar and Pant are in category B.
There are only four players in BCCI’s A Plus category
Only four players are included in BCCI’s A Plus category. Team India captain Rohit Sharma, veteran player Virat Kohli, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja are part of this list. Five players are included in the A category. Fast bowlers Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill along with Ravichandran Ashwin are included in the list. But Ashwin has announced his retirement.
Iyer’s strong performance in the last seven ODI innings
Shreyas Iyer has performed brilliantly in the last seven innings. He has scored 4 half-centuries during this period. Iyer scored 45 runs in the semi-final against Australia. He scored 79 runs against New Zealand. He played an outstanding inning of 56 runs against Pakistan in the crucial IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 5th match in Dubai. He played an innings of 78 runs in a match of the ODI series against England. This match was played in Ahmedabad. He scored 59 runs against England in Nagpur.
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Final Probable Playing 11
Predicted Playing 11 of India for IND vs NZ Match at Dubai:
- Rohit Sharma (c)
- Shubman Gill
- Virat Kohli
- Shreyas Iyer
- Rishabh Pant (wk)
- Hardik Pandya
- Axar Patel
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Harshit Rana
- Mohammed Shami
- Varun Chakravarthy
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