The BCCI announced the Indian team for the tour of England on Saturday. India has to play a 5 -match Test series in England. For which the BCCI has elected an 18 -member team. But Shreyas Iyer, who sold for Rs 26.75 crore in the IPL, has not got a place in the team.

Iyer has been out of Team India’s Test team for the last 1 year. He played the last Test match against England in 2024 in February. Iyer has played 14 matches in Test cricket. He has scored 811 runs thanks to 5 half -centuries and 1 century.

Iyer has worked hard to make a place in the Test team for some time. He performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. He then scored the most runs for India in the Champions Trophy 2025. Now he is also performing brilliantly in IPL 2025. But still he was not selected in the Test team.

In IPL 2025, Punjab Kings bought Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. He is also captaining this team. Punjab could not qualify for the playoffs even once in the last 11 years. This time, under the captaincy of Iyer, Punjab has made a place in the playoffs.

Iyer has taken the team not only by captaincy but to the playoffs. He has also batted brilliantly this season. Iyer has scored 435 runs in 12 matches at an average of 48.33. During this time his strike rate has been 174.70.

Iyer has scored four half -centuries this season. His best score in this season has been 97 runs. So far this season has 32 fours and 27 sixes from Iyer’s bat. Please tell that Iyer won the IPL trophy to Kolkata Knight Riders under his captaincy last year.