BCCI confirms, Shreyas Iyer to miss the India-Sri Lanka Asia Cup match | Cricket News

The exclusion of Shreyas Iyer from the India playing XI against Pakan would come as a surprise. Having recently made his comeback in the Indian colors following a back injury, Iyer had been ruled out of the Super 4 contest on Sunday owing to a back spasm.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have now added that Iyer will not be available for selection against Sri Lanka. “Shreyas Iyer is feeling better but is yet to fully recover from back spasm. He has been advised rest the BCCI Medical Team and has not travelled with the team to the stadium today for India’s Super 4 match against Sri Lanka,” a statement from the board read.
Iyer had started at number four against Pakan in his sole innings so far at this Asia Cup. This, during the group stage meeting in Pallekele.Most Read
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The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had said after the game on Monday that it was only ‘five minutes before the toss’ that he was made aware that Iyer wouldn’t play owing to a back spasm.
Playing in his stead was KL Rahul, who was also marking his comeback from a thigh injury, and scored a century to help India get to 356/2 in their 50 overs and eventually thumping Pakan 228 runs.

Iyer, who had been out of action since he was ruled out during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year, has been named in the 15-member squad for the ODI World Cup squad.