Lucknow: Shreyas Iyer will have the chance to restore his red ball references when he directs a “team against Australia” in India “in the first of the two four -day games here at the Ekana stadium from Tuesday. The seasoned Iyer but thrown will be impatient to take full advantage of this opportunity.In addition to Iyer, the performance of Abhimanyu Easwaran, 30, who has been on the radar of national selectors for some time, thanks to his coherent performance in the Ranji trophy – will also be watched.Easwaran had been part of the test team during five tours abroad – in 2021 (England), 2022 (Bangladesh), 2023-24 (South Africa), 2024-25 (Australia) and 2025 (England) – but has not yet made play XI. In the domestic scene, however, he was super coherent.The head coach of India, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, said: “It is an excellent opportunity. Most of them recently played the Duleep trophy, so it’s the next step.”
