Shreyas Iyer confirmed that he will be playing in the second half of the IPL 2021 which will happen in UAE from September while giving an update about his rehab from the shoulder injury and whether he will captain Delhi Capitals (DC) in the IPL tournament.

Speaking on Monday, Shreyas Iyer said his recovery is in its final stages and it will now take him almost a month to attain match fitness. He also clarified that the captaincy question hasn't been decided yet, and it's up to the franchise owners to take that call before the season.

"My shoulder... yes, I think the healing process is done. Now it's the last stage of achieving strength and range. So that's going to take about a month and the training is obviously going on. Other than that, I feel, I will be there in the IPL.

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I don't know about the captaincy, it's in the hands of the owners. But the team has already been doing well and we are on top and that's what really matters to me. My main aim and goal to lift the trophy which Delhi has never done before,” Shreyas Iyer told The Grade Cricketer's YouTube channel.  

Iyer had hurt his shoulder in March during the India-England ODI series and missed the first half of the IPL 2021, and Rishabh Pant was named captain by the management in his absence.

Young Pant lived up to the hype, leading the Capitals to the top of the table in what has been termed one of their best IPL performances so far.