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Shreyas Iyer News: Former chief selector of the Indian Men's Cricket Team, Dilip Vengsarkar, has slammed Shreyas Iyer's decision to take a break from the red-ball format to prioritise white-ball Cricket. Notably, Iyer has also been named as the men’s ODI team’s vice-captain for the upcoming tour of Australia. Vengsarkar stated that Iyer's decision of choosing white-ball Cricket is beyond his comprehension.

Iyer informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), asking himself not to be considered for red-ball Cricket for six months. The BCCI, in their release, stated that Iyer has been experiencing back spasms when playing in the longest format and wants to invest his time in regaining fitness to endure the vigour of Test Cricket again.

“To be honest, it’s a dilemma for me, because he [Iyer] says that he is unfit for red-ball cricket, but is fit for the white-ball cricket," Vengsarkar told Mid-day. “I don’t understand the difference between red-ball cricket and white-ball cricket. I feel that if you are fit for white-ball cricket, you are obviously fit for red-ball cricket too. Choosing red-ball or white-ball and such things are beyond my comprehension," he added.

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Vengsarkar expressed delight at the promotion of Shubman Gill as the captain. Vengsarkar also added that the Ajit Agarkar-led committee needs to take on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's future soon.

“Gill is a very good all-format player. Actually, when you pick a captain, you first pick the team and then you pick the best available guy to lead the side. And I think Gill is the best person to lead the side in ODIs and Test matches because he is also good in T20s," Vengsarkar said.

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He added, with concern, “Rohit and Virat have been great players over the years, but if you are playing just one format of the game, I believe the selectors need to take a call on this. I feel you cannot know or judge the form and fitness of such players because they’ve had a long layoff after the last game they have played. It’s very difficult to assess their form and fitness."