Injury-prone Jasprit Bumrah has been out of action for quite some time. Since the beginning of the year, Rishabh Pant has been unable to play due to a car accident. Due to injury, India will not receive even Shreyas Iyer this time. Due to his injury from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Indian batter's status for the Asia Cup is uncertain. Although he is working diligently to recover from his injury.

Before the ODI World Cup, the Asia Cup will be a big test for the Asian teams. Iyer is undergoing rehabilitation process for several days at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) with a view to playing there. However, the condition of his injury, there is no possibility of him playing in the Asia Cup.

Before the Indian Premier League (IPL), Iyer suffered an injury in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Since then he is out of the field. He also did not play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), where he was supposed to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR also did not perform well in the absence of a regular captain.

Iyer has been given painkillers by injection to ease the pain. However, the back injury isn’t recovering. Therefore, many people are worried whether Iyer will be available in the Asia Cup or the World Cup. Physio-doctors, however, are trying their best to rehabilitate him. BCCI is also not lacking in efforts. Because of the form Iyer has been in, his absence from the World Cup and Asia Cup could shake up the team's batting unit.