While injury has kept Shreyas Iyer out, he could not ignore the love for cricket. The Team India batsman, who recently underwent a successful shoulder surgery shared a funny clip from last year's Australia-India series.
In the clip, the focus is on Iyer who is standing at the boundary lines, but what grabbed the attention was the unique chant towards him.
Iyer took to Instagram to share the clip where fans can be heard chanting: "1 rupee ki Pepsi Iyer Bhai sexy." The batsman captioned the video, "Found my new favorite chant #soundon. Can't wait to get back!"
Iyer had injured himself during a T20I game against England. He was out of action for more than a month and was also ruled out of the recently suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
Iyer was supposed to captain the runners-up of IPL 2020, Delhi Capitals (DC), but due to the injury, Rishabh Pant led the side.
Will Iyer be seen in the Sri Lanka series?
The Indian team is set to tour Sri Lanka in July and Shreyas Iyer was expected to be fit in time. In the absence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, he was being looked at as a captain contender.
Unfortunately, according to a report in Sportstar, Iyer would be unavailable for selection as he will not recover by then. This has come as a big setback for the side that will also miss its big stars who would be in England then for the Test series.
"It is still not clear if Shreyas will recover fully and will be match-fit in time for the tour of Sri Lanka. Normally, a surgery of this scale along with rest, extensive rehab, and training to get back in shape takes around four months," a senior BCCI source privy to selection matters told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
On April 8, the 26-year-old had undergone the surgery and it is said to take three months to get back to full fitness. The medical staff of the Board of Control of Cricket of India (BCCI) will be looking to get him in top condition ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in October-November.
