{"id":5962,"date":"2023-04-25T23:12:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=303244"},"modified":"2023-04-25T23:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:42:30","slug":"had-shreyas-iyer-been-fit-then-rahane-would-not-have-got-the-place-in-wtc-finals-former-pacer-irfan-pathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/had-shreyas-iyer-been-fit-then-rahane-would-not-have-got-the-place-in-wtc-finals-former-pacer-irfan-pathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Had Shreyas Iyer been fit then Rahane would not have got the place in WTC Finals: Former pacer Irfan Pathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"text-base gap-4 md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl p-4 md:py-6 flex lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>The major highlight of India\u2019s World Test Championship final squad announcement on Tuesday was the return of Ajinkya Rahane to the team after 15 months. The announcement came as no surprise, as Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the grand finale due to a back injury that required surgery in the UK. India is set to face Australia in their second WTC final at The Oval, London from June 7 to 11. Given Rahane\u2019s past performances in overseas conditions, former India cricketer Irfan Pathan believes his inclusion will be advantageous for the team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center mt-2 gap-2 md:gap-3 lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 visible\">\n<p>Speaking on Star Sports\u2019 Cricket Live, Irfan Pathan said: <em><strong>\u201cHad Shreyas Iyer been fit then Rahane would not have got the place in the WTC Final side.<\/strong> But as far as the current form is concerned, he is looking in great touch. The format in which he is playing now is completely different but Rahane\u2019s performance on foreign pitches has always been good and this has gone in his favour.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The major highlight of India\u2019s World Test Championship final squad announcement on Tuesday was the return of Ajinkya Rahane to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[606,301,216,1540],"class_list":["post-5962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-ajinkya-rahane","tag-irfan-pathan","tag-test","tag-wtc-finals"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}