Shreyas Iyer had an amazing start to his Test career when he scored a century on his debut against New Zealand. However, Test cricket has exposed flaws in Shreyas Iyer’s batting like no other format has.

His dislike for short-pitched deliveries was exposed early in his international career, and he struggled to establish himself as an overseas test specialist. His anxiety was heightened by the fact that his numbers had deteriorated even at home, with only 146 runs in eight innings in India over the last two years.

He was dropped from the Indian Test team earlier this year and was also left out of the BCCI central contracts as well.

With the Bangladesh Test series approaching, the 2024 Duleep Trophy provided Iyer with an opportunity to redeem himself. However, the India batsman chosen as the D team's captain scored only 104 runs in four innings, including a duck and a half-century.

Meanwhile, a BCCI official, after Iyer’s poor outing in the Duleep Trophy, gave a stern decision, crushing his aspirations of returning to the Indian Test team.

“At the moment, there’s no room for Shreyas to be in the Test team. Who will he replace? Besides, his shot selection has been a concern in Duleep, especially yesterday (Sunday). He was well set and then suddenly played such a shot (off left-arm spinner Shams Mulani). When you are set and then batting on a flat deck, you need to make the best use of that opportunity,” the BCCI official told The Telegraph.

Iyer still has chances in the third and final round of the Duleep Trophy tournament, to score runs and impress the selectors. This will be followed by the Irani Cup, where Iyer will likely play for Mumbai. There is also the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy season for the batter to prove his mettle.

However, another BCCI official said that even if the 29-year-old bounces back to form, he is unlikely to be part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy squad.

“Shreyas could be there (in the Mumbai squad) for the Irani Cup (beginning on October 1 in Lucknow). Even if he’s picked for the Bangladesh T20Is (from October 6), he still might play Irani and then be available from the second T20I onwards.

Now, if he doesn’t fire in Irani too, he still has the Ranji Trophy to get runs. It wasn’t too many days ago when he batted so well in last year’s ODI World Cup. He suffered an injury too, which needs to be considered,” said another Board official.

“Also, with still one round left in Duleep, you never know he might score a hundred. He needs to regain form. Most likely he won’t go to Australia for his problems against the short ball, but one can’t just ignore his runs at home,” the official added.