Former cricketer Virender Sehwag feels India captain Virat Kohli should be questioned more for his team changes. He was not happy with Kohli's decision to leave out Shreyas Iyer.

India got into the first T20I against Australia with Manish Pandey in the playing XI. Sehwag felt Iyer deserved a spot in the team after Kohli made him sit out for a poor show in the ODI series.

“If you talk about Shreyas Iyer if in the previous T20 series he had given a good performance, then on what basis did you not play him in this encounter. Is there any reason? I don’t think even Shreyas Iyer has the guts to go and ask why he was not played,” Sehwag had said on the Sony Sports Network after India's 1st T20I win.

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“If this decision has been taken with the team in mind then it is right else if it has been taken thinking that Shreyas Iyer does not play short-pitched bowling that well and so a chance has been given to someone else, then it will be different thinking because he has scored runs in the last few T20I matches. So, he should be given chances.

“I will say one more thing, all the rules are applicable to everyone else other than Virat Kohli, no rule is applicable to him. Neither his batting order is changed nor is he left out or given a break when he is out of form. So, that is wrong.”

Sehwag continued by giving the example of MS Dhoni who had backed Kohli despite a forgetful outing against England in 2014. 

“Virat Kohli has to think that in the England tour when he had flopped if he was not given opportunities after that, how would he have become such a big player,” he said.

“He himself says that MS Dhoni has backed him and that he would always remain his captain. Is there any player in this team who will say the same thing for Virat Kohli? it is difficult."