India, May 27 -- You've got to feel for Shreyas Iyer. First, he was stripped of BCCI's central contracts for not playing enough domestic cricket, then released from Kolkata Knight Riders despite leading them to IPL glory. And if that wasn't enough, Iyer found his name missing from India's 18-member team that is to tour England for a five-Test series, despite the retirements of big shots Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

But if there's anything Shreyas Iyer is about, it's tenacity, grit and determination. It's these three elements that have made him thrive. When back injuries threatened to pin him down, he stormed back with a string of impressive performances in the domestic circuit. When he was released by KKR for apparently 'not coming to t...