A big report is coming out about the strong Indian player Shreyas Iyer. Iyer wanted to play in the Asia Cup 2025 and that is why he refused to captain the West Zone. Now he will play under the captaincy of Shardul Thakur in the Duleep Trophy.

Indian team's best batsman Shreyas Iyer has not been included in the Asia Cup 2025 team. Along with many fans, he himself hoped that the team management would trust him and he would get a place in the Indian squad. But this did not happen. With this hope, he was also getting the captaincy of a team but Iyer refused that too. Shreyas Iyer was being given the captaincy of the West Zone of the Duleep Trophy 2025. But the Indian player refused this offer because he hoped that he would definitely be included in Team India.

Shreyas Iyer turned down the captaincy offer

According to Times of India, a source said that Iyer was being given the role of captaincy of West Zone but he refused it. The source said, "Yes, this is true. The West Zone selection committee offered Shreyas Iyer to become the captain of the team, which he refused. After this, the committee chairman Sanjay Patil went to Shardul Thakur with the offer of captaincy of the team, which he said yes to."

According to the report, before the selection of the Asia Cup 2025 team, Shreyas Iyer was also training with Praveen Amre. But, when his name did not come in the team, he was very disappointed. Shreyas Iyer's performance in the T20 format has been completely ignored by the Indian team management.

The tournament is starting from August 28

The Duleep Trophy 2025 is starting from August 28. This tournament will be played till September 15. Shreyas Iyer will be seen playing for the West Zone team in this tournament. He will be seen playing under the captaincy of Shardul Thakur. West Zone has to play its second semi-final match of this tournament from September 4.

Here is the West Zone squad:

Shardul Thakur (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Arya Desai, Harvik Desai (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Jaimeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Saurabh Nawale (wicketkeeper), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dharmendra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Arjan Nagwaswala