Former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar expressed disbelief over Shreyas Iyer’s exclusion from the Asia Cup 2025 squad, which was announced on Tuesday at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.

The selectors sprung a major surprise by including Test captain Shubman Gill in the squad despite him missing the last few T20I matches, chief selector Ajit Agarkar addressed the decision to leave Iyer out as ‘no fault of his. Nor is it ours`.

"I can’t fathom or understand what reason could justify Shreyas Iyer not being part of the 20-member squad. I’m not even talking about the final 15, but the 20 itself, which sends a clear message that Shreyas Iyer is not in the selectors’ scheme of things, at least from a T20 perspective,” said Nayar to JioHotstar.