5 current Indian players who might miss out on the 2019 World Cup squad

3. Shreyas Iyer

The current Indian side is already teeming with exceptionally talented batsmen and with young players like Rishabh Pant and Prithvi fast emerging onto the big platform, Shreyas Iyer is likely to find himself on the back-foot. Although Iyer performed well in the IPL with 411 runs in 14 matches for the Delhi Daredevils (DD), his short captaincy stint for the side after Gautam Gambhir stepped down from the mantle didn’t turn out to be much of a success.

The 23 year-old has played only 6 ODIs till date, with his lone abroad stint having come in at South Africa where his highest score was recorded as 30. When encountered with the pace and swing off the British turf, it’s hard to say how the youngster will cope with the pressure. As a result, the prospects of Iyer making his World Cup debut in 2019 seem to be quite grim. A stellar run in the upcoming India Tour of England will be key in turning the tables in his favour. However, to his advantage, the young batsman still has a long way to go and his World Cup dream will anything but over even if he fails to make the cut in 2019.