Former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar has raised his eyebrow over Shreyas Iyer’s refusal to play red-ball cricket for the next six months while remaining available for white-ball cricket. Iyer recently got appointed India A captain for a two-game red-ball series against Australia A, but he chose to skip after the first unofficial Test citing ongoing back issues.

Even after his absence from the Test roster last year, Iyer is still an important player in India’s ODI team and was named the vice-captain for the soon-to-be-played series against Australia. Vengsarkar, though, was critical of the logic behind Iyer’s selective availability, saying it’s “hard to understand” how a player can be ruled out of playing red-ball cricket while still being allowed to compete in shorter formats.

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