Shreyas Iyer returns for Delhi Test vs AUS after recovering from back injury

Shreyas Iyer will join the Indian Test squad for the second Test against Australia to be played from Friday, February 17 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The right-handed batsman missed the first Test at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur due to a back injury. In his place it was Suryakumar Yadav who got his first Test cap. Iyer was cleared to play by the BCCI medical team after he "successfully completed his rehabilitation" at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

If Iyer makes it to the playing XI, then one of Suryakumar and KS Bharata has to make way for him. If Bharat falls, KL Rahul will most likely don with the gloves in that case. 

India’s squad for second Test

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohamed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav

India had a tremendous performance in the opening Test in Nagpur after winning the match by a mammoth margin of an innings and 132 runs. Subsequently, they also took a vital 1:0 lead in the four-match series.

Ravindra Jadeja was man of the match for scoring 70 runs and taking seven wickets, including five in the first innings. Ravi Ashwin became the fastest Indian to 450 Test wickets while Rohit Sharma played a captain's knock and scored 120 runs in India's first innings.