‘Who knows maybe NCA cleared him too quickly?’: Gautam Gambhir questions Shreyas Iyer’s place in World Cup squad

“I don’t think after this team management will pick up him for such a big tournament.

“You will see in the coming days that Iyer won’t be part of the World Cup squad and someone will be replacing him. You should always go into a World Cup with fit players.

“Performance is a different thing. Imagine if a player suffers from a spasm or some other thing then you cannot find a replacement.

“So if Iyer hasn’t been fit in this tournament then it is very difficult for him to be part of the World Cup because of his injury and then we don’t even know how is form is presently.

“Whatever his form was, it was 7-8 months back after which he only played in one game. So it is unfortunate.

“If questions are to be raised then ask the NCA because that is where he was all these months and then got a clearance from there as well. Who knows maybe they cleared him too quickly?,” asked Gambhir.

Meanwhile, Team India captain Rohit Sharma has earlier said that Iyer is 99 per cent fit.

“Shreyas was not available for this game because certain parameters were kept for him to tick off. I think today, he completed most of it.

“I should say he is alright 99 percent as of now. But he looks good, he batted and fielded for long hours, and he was on the ground long before we came to the ground.

“I don’t think it is a worry for us,” said the captain.

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