Shreyas, if fit, will walk into the XI, says Dravid

NEW DELHI: With middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer joining the Indian Test squad ahead of the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy match against Australia, set to be held from Friday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, there have been talks around him taking his side in the playing eleven. India head coach Rahul Dravid stated in the press conference that Iyer can walk into the side if his body is ready to take the load of five days of playing a Test match. Iyer was sidelined for almost a month due to a back injury ruling him out of India’s ODI series against New Zealand in January 2023. His last appearance for India came in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, which happened before the 50-over series against New Zealand was to commence. Iyer was also named in the Test squad for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. But he didn’t recover in time to join the squad for the first Test in Nagpur, which India won by an innings and 132 runs. 

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