Sydney, Feb. 7 -- Australia great Ricky Ponting is surprised Shreyas Iyer is not a walk-up start in India's top six and expects the in-form batter to thrive during the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.
Iyer was a major factor in India's run to the final at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup on home soil in 2023, with the right-hander amassing 530 runs during the tournament to finish as the seventh leading run-scorer.
But a serious back injury has hampered Iyer in recent times and it was only a late reprieve that allowed the 30-year-old to return to the international fold when he scored an excellent half-century
to help propel India to victory in the opening ODI against England in Nagpur on Thursday.
Ponting discussed the return of Iyer with h...