Ponting predicts Iyer to thrive at Champions Trophy
Australia great Ricky Ponting is surprised Shreyas Iyer is not a walk-up start in India's top six and expects the in-form batter to thrive during the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.
India players Shreyas Iyer, all-rounder Shivam Dube and pacer Shardul Thakur have returned to the 18-member Mumbai squad for the last four league matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament.
The trio was on Indian duty for the recently concluded series against Bangladesh, which the hosts won 2-1.
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In the last T20 at Nagpur held on Sunday, Iyer and Dube played key role in the team’s win with the bat and ball respectively.
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Mumbai are unbeaten in the national T20 tournament, having defeated Mizoram, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.
The team will be continued to be led by the in-form Suryakumar Yadav.
Meanwhile, a highly placed source said the ban on opener Prithvi Shaw ends on November 15 and he will be considered for the last league game which will be played on November 17.
Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shreyas Iyer, Aditya Tare, Sarfaraz Khan, Jay Bista, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Shubham Ranjane, Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur, Dhawal Kulkarni, Kruthik Hangewadi, Parikshit Valsangkar, Raunaq Sharma, Dhurmil Matkar, Tushar Deshpande, Sujit Nayak and Atif Attarwala.
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