'Bhai Aisa kya injured hote hain' - Fans react as Shreyas Iyer likely to miss Asia Cup 2023 due to injury

It’s not a time for the Indian team management to bear the news of the continuous injury concerns with the important players of the team.  Earlier a day back, the media reports learned that the senior opener KL Rahul will be missing the Asia Cup 2023 due to the time in his recovery.

Now, the Indian management has faced another blow as the star middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is likely to miss the continental tournament later this year. He is still recovering from the back injury that he sustained a couple of months ago.

“Iyer recently took an injection for his back pain at the Indian Cricket Board’s National Cricket Academy. His back is still giving him trouble,” said a source to the Times of India.

Just after this statement from the Indian Cricket Board source, a section of the Indian cricket fans took it as an opportunity to come up with some harsh and trolling remarks for both the Indian team and the management. Fans took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and trolled the management’s strategies alongside the preparations of India given the fact that the 50-over World Cup 2023 of this year is just almost three months away from now.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Bhai Aisa kya injured hote hain sb player itna itna din me bhi unlikely hi rehta Inka fit hona ☠️

— Harman 🇮🇳 (@Harman35673056) June 25, 2023

Abe yaar phir khelega kon

— 🦥💉 (@dtsaae) June 25, 2023

Agr recover ho b jaye tou kisi ko ghanta fark nahi padta.

— Wali Rehman (@walirehman903) June 25, 2023

He must be fit for World Cup 2023.

— Chauhan Abhaysinh 🇮🇳 (@AbhayC333) June 25, 2023

Gndu 😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/h9hTm4VcPS

— Sairus (@bojackchan_4) June 25, 2023

Give chance to someone who is more deserving.

— Aufridi Chumtya (@ShuhidAufridi) June 25, 2023

World Cups and No.4 Spots..No Not again

— Crickipedia (@Cricipedia17) June 25, 2023

I think all injured players come directly to world cup and fails and tells we didn't have adequate game time🤧🤧..

— Ezhilarasan Pachamuthu (@Ezhil23111999) June 25, 2023

Tough for Iyer, KL and Bumrah to come back directly to WC and perform in the high pressure games. Why Deepak Chahar not in ODI squad? He is a decent all-rounder who can bowl in PP.

— Srikanth Dhulipala (@SrikanthDhul26) June 25, 2023

Good he almost all imp series against Aus,eng now Asia Cup 👏👏👏👏 he miserably fail against Australia, Pakistan,England

— Don Pablo (@DonPablo_bb) June 25, 2023

Suryakumar is out of form in ODI cricket. He has not shown his glamour in ODI format. That three ducks in 3 ODI match series against Australia would haunt him. Unavailability of Shreyas is a dent to ICT. He is a consistent performer. India would want him in World Cup

— Sports syncs (@moiz_sports) June 25, 2023

Haan bawaseer theek hone me samay to lgta hi hai

— Ambikesh Mishra🇮🇳 (@ambidentate88) June 25, 2023

Meanwhile, Team India, under the captaincy of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, is set to tour West Indies for two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is. The selectors had already announced the squad for the upcoming Test and ODI series against the Caribbean side. Some young uncapped players including the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad have also been included in the Test squad of Team India.

Here’s a look at the squads of Team India for the West Indies tour:

Test Series:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, and Navdeep Saini.

ODI Series:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, and Mukesh Kumar.