India, Aug. 19 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin minced no words as he criticised the chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, for leaving out Shreyas Iyer from the Asia Cup squad. The All India Men's Senior Selection Committee picked the 15-member squad for the eight-team tournament on Tuesday. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the side while Shubman Gill will serve as his deputy. However, the biggest talking point was the non-selection of Shreyas Iyer in the squad.

What raised further eyebrows was the fact that Shreyas didn't even make it to the five-man reserve list, which includes Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, and Washington Sundar. Of late, Shreyas has emerged as a beast in T20S, scoring runs for fun in...