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Iyer reveals story behind last minute inclusion in first ODI

Shreyas Iyer, who came up with a match-winning half-century in the first ODI against England in Nagpur on Thursday, revealed that he came to know about his inclusion in the Playing XI after a late night call from skipper Rohit Sharma on the match eve.

Game on

But, as cricket lovers the world over know now, it happens to be part of the Covid-19 defiant game’s new normal: the supposedly fool-proof coop where players must be for mandatory periods so commercial plans hit upon by lounge-suited busybodies in the corridors of power are not endangered or affected in the slightest way.