'Shreyas Iyer agar Pakistan mein hote... ': Ex-cricketer after star batter's Asia Cup snub

Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali said he was shocked to see Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj, and Mohammed Shami not included in India's 15-member squad for the Asia Cup.Iyer ended up as the sixth-highest run-getter in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 and had his best season, scoring 604 runs in 17 matches and innings at an average of 50.33, strike rate of 175.07 and six fifties. His best score was 97*. Despite a great IPL season, he missed out on finding a spot in the squad.Jaiswal was the back-up opener ahead of Gill for the T20 World Cup last year. He was the backup as India wanted to open with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.Having made 723 runs in 23 T20Is with a century and five fifties at a strike rate of over 164 throughout his career, Jaiswal's 559-run IPL 2025 season (in 14 matches with six fifties at SR of almost 160) brought back the leftie into T20I conversations. Jaiswal has been named in the reserve players for the Asia Cup."Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami agar Pakistan mein hote na ye log A category mey hote (These would have been in Pakistan's A category)," Basit Ali told Kamran Akmal on a YouTube show "Game Time.""Iyer ke saad jyadati ho gayi hai. Unko team mey hona chahiye (It was unfortunate that Shreyas Iyer has not been picked)," he said. Basit Ali also pointed out which team will give India a fair bit of competition and it is not Pakistan."They have got a very explosive squad and I think only Sri Lanka can compete with him," he added. India will kick off their campaign against the UAE on September 10, while the high-voltage game against Pakistan is scheduled for September 14, with both fixtures set to be played in Dubai. India will play their final group stage fixture against Oman on September 19 in Abu Dhabi.