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It is known that Shreyas Iyer will play the IPL from the beginning, which is a positive development. This despite the middle-order batsman suffering some back discomfort while batting in the second innings during the Ranji Trophy final between Mumbai and Vidarbha. Iyer also did not take the field on the fourth and fifth days, but that was a precautionary measure. Iyer was seen jigging after Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy.
“Shreyas is scheduled to join the KKR camp on Friday. It is unlikely that he will miss games,” a source told RevSportz. It is known that although the KKR captain shows a tendency to develop back spasms when he bats for long periods, his participation in the T20s is unlikely to be affected. KKR plays its first match in the IPL on March 23, against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Contractual situation
Iyer has now played consecutive Ranji matches and sources said there was a feeling within the BCCI that his central contract should be reinstated. The 29-year-old, along with Ishan Kishan, was excluded from the list of centrally contracted players, apparently for skipping Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Baroda. But it turned out that the player did not ignore the BCCI directive. He was developing back spasms after facing 60 balls and went to the KKR academy in Mumbai to increase his workload.
On March 2, RevSportz wrote about how Iyer had been playing through pain and that his exclusion from the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted players might not be a fair decision.
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RevSportz reported the chain of events, which went like this: After the second Test against England, Iyer informed the team management about persistent back pain that prevented him from spending much time at the crease. Then they left him out of the last three Tests and asked him to go and play in the Ranji Trophy. It is learned that Iyer called up Mumbai chief selector Raju Kulkarni and told him that his back problem would force him to opt out of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Baroda. He did not appear for the National Cricket Academy and an email from Nitin Patel, director of sports science and medicine at the NCA, declared him fit.
The recurrence of Iyer’s back problems during the Ranji final had created some doubts over his availability for the initial stages of the IPL. But as the source confirmed, he is expected to play from the first match.
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