Is there more to Shreyas Iyer-BCCI fiasco than what meets the eye?; Fresh details emerge from KKR camp

After having lost out on a central contract, Shreyas Iyer was seen in Mumbai’s semi final encounter against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He however managed to only score 3 runs in an innings that lasted for 8 balls. 

Amidst the BCCI’s decision which resulted in mixed responses, a new perspective on the issue has emerged from the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) camp. “After playing 60 balls in a session, his back was building spasms. He had to build up his resistance. Now he is playing 200 balls per session. In three weeks, he has put on three kilos of muscles. The Mumbai Cricket Association and the Mumbai team head coach (Omkar Salvi) have been kept in the loop. In fact, the Mumbai coach visited the KKR Academy several times to monitor Iyer’s progress. And now he has made himself available for the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu. Iyer skipped the IPL to play the World Cup. Even after the surgery, he took three cortisone injections to be pain-free for the World Cup. And yet, the pain returned during the semi-final and the final, and he played through it. Iyer was the only player who wasn’t given a break after the World Cup. He played the home T20I series against Australia and then went to South Africa. After returning from South Africa, he was asked to play a Ranji game in January, ahead of the first two Tests against England. He did that. Doesn’t a player have the liberty to train under a coach of his choice,” an anonymous source from the KKR camp said in an interaction with Revsportz.