India, April 23 -- An improved return in white-ball cricket, which included the Champions Trophy performance earlier this month and in the ongoing IPL 2025, saw Shreyas Iyer being awarded a BCCI central contract a year after he was removed from the list. Effusive in his praise for the India star, former head coach Ravi Shastri reckoned he has made himself an "absolute certainty" in limited-overs cricket. However, Shastri is still unsure about Iyer's chances in Test cricket.

Iyer will be among the names discussed when the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee selects the squad for the upcoming Test series in England. India will play five Test matches in the tour, marking the beginning of the 2025/27 World Test Championship cycle.

Iyer has...