Gambhir: In-form middle-order batter would not have been benched all series
AHMEDABAD: Head coach Gautam Gambhir has dismissed speculation that India only played Shreyas Iyer in the first ODI against England because Virat Kohli was injured. Iyer, as it turned out, was in excellent form throughout the series, starting with a 36-ball 59 with India in early trouble in Nagpur. He followed that up with 44 and 78 in the next two matches.