Team India: When Team India's new head coach Gautam Gambhir was given the responsibility before the Sri Lanka tour, many young Indian players believed that Gambhir will now give opportunities to players in the team squad not just by looking at big names, but will also give opportunities to star players who have shown their talent in domestic cricket to play for Team India, but nothing like this has happened during Gambhir's coaching tenure so far.
Meanwhile, an Indian player who was being considered as the next Hardik Pandya of Team India is not being given a chance to play for Team India by Gautam Gambhir.
If you also want to know which Indian player is Gautam Gambhir not giving a chance to become Hardik Pandya's replacement, then you should read the section given below.Venkatesh Iyer is not getting a chance in Team India
Young all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who played a key role in helping Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) win their third IPL title with his performance, has not got a chance to play for Team India for the last 2 years.
Despite his amazing performance in IPL cricket, the selection committee did not give him a chance to play on the Zimbabwe tour. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see when Gautam Gambhir will give his old franchise Kolkata Knight Riders star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer a chance to make a comeback for Team India.
Venkatesh Iyer is playing in England instead of playing domestic cricket
Talking about Venkatesh Iyer, he is currently not playing in the Duleep Trophy going on in India, but is playing in the county cricket being held in England. His performance while playing for Lancashire in county cricket has not been anything special so far. Due to which it is also believed that after the Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka tour, Venkatesh Iyer will not get a chance to play in the Bangladesh T20 series as well.
Such are the statistics of Venkatesh Iyer in international cricket
Venkatesh Iyer has played 9 T20 and 2 ODI matches for Team India in international cricket so far. In 9 T20 matches, Venkatesh Iyer has scored 133 runs and taken 5 wickets while batting at an average of 33.25 and a strike rate of 162.19. At the same time, in the 2 matches played in ODI cricket, Venkatesh Iyer has scored 24 runs at an average of 12.
