India, May 24 -- For a captain whose side has already made it to the playoffs and still has a chance of finishing in the top two, Shreyas Iyer cut a dissatisfied figure. Whether that had anything to do with the events of Saturday afternoon at the BCCI headquarters - Iyer was not included in India's 18-member squad for the Test series in England - cannot be said with certainty; rather, connecting the two would be farfetched even for the biggest conspiracy theory believers but Iyer definitely seemed the flag bearer of unfinished business.

As the captain of the Punjab Kings, he has a lot to look forward to rather than dwell on his non-selection in the Test side. He has managed to take PBKS to the IPL playoffs for the first time in 11 years,...