'Iyer ko bhagane ka karma' - Twitter erupts recalling Shreyas Iyer's stint as DC captain following their exit from IPL 2023

Delhi Capitals became the first team to be eliminated from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 after losing to Punjab Kings on Saturday. The David Warner-led side are lying at the bottom of the points table. However, the situation in the top half of the table has changed as Punjab took sixth place after their performance on Saturday evening. They have 12 points in their kitty, and with two more games to go, they are very much in contention for the knock-outs.

Advertisment

Following their elimination, DC fans took to Twitter to recall Shreyas Iyer's stint as DC captain, the only skipper who could take DC to their one and only IPL final. However, his injury the following season kept him out, with Rishabh Pant named the captain. Later, he moved to KKR and assumed captaincy for the team from Eastern India. This season, Iyer has not been able to play a part in the IPL following his injury that keeps him out of the lucrative league and possibly the Test Championship final as well.

Shreyas Iyer recently underwent surgery

Shreyas Iyer, a middle-order batsman for India, had successful back surgery earlier this week in London. According to the sources, Iyer won't be able to play in the Test Championship Final at The Oval in June since it will likely take him at least three months to recuperate.

Advertisment

Iyer underwent surgery due to ongoing back problems that caused him to miss numerous international games. The 28-year-old participated in the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023 again, but he was forced to leave after the first two days of the final Test because of a recurrence of his back problem. Later, he was also disqualified from Australia's three-match ODI series.

Iyer has been an important contributor for India in ODIs and was the team's top run-getter in the 50-over format last season. The Indian management decided to get him treated as soon as possible so that he could have ample time to fully recover from his injury and prepare for the ODI World Cup at home.

The Indian Cricket Board, which posted a statement on their official website earlier this week, had already announced Iyer's surgery. In addition to Iyer, the NCA is now keeping watch over Jasprit Bumrah, India's top pacer. Recently, Bumrah had back surgery in New Zealand.

Advertisment

Here's how fans reacted:

Then why kkr not qualified last year.
Dc qualified final beacuse of pant batting not Iyer captaincy.

— Purushotham (@Purusho31498336) May 14, 2023

Lol no karma
Just missing pant

— Abin (@Abin27567493) May 13, 2023

My respect for this guy increases after every match DC loss

Iyer literally took this mug team to the finals in 2020 IPL pic.twitter.com/Kc9M2QiDz6

— Yashika 🦋 (@YashuxVirat) May 13, 2023

Otherwise DC has been the most consistent team ever - at the bottom.

— Max Planck (@Plan49969365Max) May 14, 2023

Iyer for Shaw would have made sense.
Iyer also have struggled after departing from DC.

— Praveen Atri (@PraveenAtri4) May 14, 2023

I agree but it wasn't just Shreyas's captaincy , it was the team that took us to final for the first time
Rabada , Nortje, Shikhar, Stoinis, Hettie, Pant, Ashwin, axar THE OG TEAM.
And Shreyas was coming from an injury and giving him captaincy could have back fired.

— Ankit Kumar (@ankitkumarr_) May 14, 2023

Absolutely true.

Pant is good at power hitting, Shreyas is good at responsible knock and winning the match. Shreyas has good captaincy skill as well.

No hate to Pant. But don't know why dc released Shreyas and made Pant Captain 🧐

— Trimton Twin (@iam321d) May 14, 2023

You are calling Virat Kohli a statpadder for 127 strike rate? I won't call him a statpadder.

That is the role he has got at DC, go and check his knocks for DC. He was a brilliant player for DC.

— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) May 13, 2023