India, Feb. 7 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma was fumed at after Shreyas Iyer's shocking revelation following the end of the Nagpur opener against England on Thursday. Iyer, who scored a match-winning fifty at No. 4, revealed that he was not supposed to play the series opener and only got the opportunity after Virat Kohli got injured.

Speaking to the broadcasters after India's four-wicket win at the VCA Stadium, where Iyer played a counter-attacking knock to spark the team's come back after a poor start to the chase of 249, the star batter revealed that he was not the scheme of things for the Nagpur tie and was only informed about his participation after Rohit told him on the eve of the game that Kohli had suf...