Shreyas Iyer has requested the BCCI for a break from red-ball cricket due to concerns about his back. ESPNcricinfo learned that Iyer sent an email to the board to that effect and pulled out of the ongoing four-day match between India A and Australia A in Lucknow .

It is understood that Iyer communicated to the board that his back condition made it challenging for him play on consecutive days.

Iyer was the India A captain in the first four-day game against Australia A, but withdrew from the second. He was likely to have been picked in the Rest of India squad to play defending Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha in the Irani Trophy, but will now miss that game.

Before scoring 8 in his only innings against Australia A last week in Lucknow, Iyer had played the Duleep Trophy semi-final

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