Former India cricketer and ex-head coach Ravi Shastri underlined Shreyas Iyer's impressive performances in the white-ball format and stated that the batter had improved his stance and technique, which contributed to his success in the shorter formats of the game.

Highlighting Iyer's ability to play both sides of the wicket, Shastri said, "He was very side on, was back and back, very much leg-side. The fact that he's prepared to go back and across now, and with a very upright stance, and the pickup. While he's moving back, the bat's being picked up as well when he's going back and across. That allows him to play both sides of the wicket. If they bang it in short, he can pull and hook. And if there's any room outside the off stump, he can cut as well."

"Shreyas Iyer in particular, the way he's played for India over the last 18 months, and he's become an absolute certainty in the white-ball format of the game, especially the one-day format. He can (earn a recall for Test cricket), but it's again going to be a competition. White-ball, certain (selection). Test cricket, we have got to see who the other players are around," he was quoted as saying by the ICC.

India's upcoming significant challenge is the red-ball tour of England, where they are scheduled to encounter the hosts in a five-match Test series that will mark their initial outing for the new ICC World Test Championship cycle.

Iyer played his last test against England in 2024. In the second match of the five-match series in Visakhapatnam, he made scores of 27 and 29 in the two innings.

(with ANI inputs)

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