"He might be thinking that injustice has been meted out to him" - Aakash Chopra on Shreyas Iyer's double century in Ranji Trophy 2024-25
Aakash Chopra has lauded Shreyas Iyer for scoring a double-century in Mumbai's first innings of their Ranji Trophy 2024-25 clash against Odisha. He noted that the middle-order batter might be peeved about the potential injustice meted out to him.
Shreyas scored 233 runs off 228 deliveries in Mumbai's first-innings score of 602-4 declared in Mumbai on Thursday, November 7. Odisha ended Day 2 at 146-5 in their first innings.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel 'Aakash Chopra', the former India opener noted that Shreyas might think he has been unfairly treated after playing a substantial knock for Mumbai.
"Shreyas Iyer has scored another double hundred. He was hitting. The match is going on at the BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex). He hit a straight shot to reach his double hundred. He has scored his highest first-class score. He has been consistently scoring runs for the last little while," he said (11:00).
"He might be thinking that injustice has been meted out to him because he scored a century on his Test debut, and then he is now not part of the Test team. He was dropped very quickly. After that, he scored 500 runs in the World Cup while batting at No. 4, and then he didn't get the central contract," Chopra added.
Shreyas hasn't been picked in India's 18-member squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 starting in Perth on November 22. He hasn't been selected in the Men in Blue's 15-member squad for the four-match T20I series against South Africa starting in Durban on Friday, November 8.
"He made his team win in the IPL but KKR didn't retain him" - Aakash Chopra on Shreyas Iyer being available in the IPL 2025 auction
![Shreyas Iyer led KKR to the IPL 2024 title. [P/C: iplt20.com]](https://statico.sportskeeda.com/editor/2024/11/24cdc-17310457599547-1920.jpg?w=500)
While acknowledging that he isn't aware why Shreyas Iyer hasn't stayed with the Kolkata Knight Riders, Aakash Chopra noted that the franchise's IPL 2024 winning skipper has not been retained.
"After that, he made his team win in the IPL but KKR didn't retain him. Whether KKR didn't want to retain him or he asked for more money, I have no idea. However, whatever the story might be, the truth is that he has not been retained," he said (11:30) in the same video.
The renowned commentator concluded by pointing out that Shreyas has shown that he is at his run-scoring best heading into the auction.
"So he is going to come in the auction now and he has scored quite a few runs before the auction to show that he is in form and that his heart is at the right place, that he wants to play and do well. So Shreyas Iyer scoring a double hundred is a thumbs up with both hands," Chopra observed.
Chopra also urged the other Indian players to play domestic cricket whenever possible. He noted that while Virat Kohli played his last Ranji Trophy game in 2012, the long-retired Sachin Tendulkar played for Mumbai a year later.