Former India opener Aakash Chopra has shared a little different opinion on Shreyas Iyer’s reputation where he stated that winning another Indian Premier League (IPL) title may not change how he is perceived. Iyer has a strong record as captain, but Chopra feels that public opinion may remain largely unchanged.
Shreyas Iyer has already won a title for Kolkata Knight Riders and led both Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings to the finals of the Indian Premier League. However, despite these achievements he hasn’t been able to secure a spot in the Indian Team. He was also released from KKR squad in 2025 despite winning the team a title in 2024.
“If you think that if he wins one more trophy, everything will suddenly change and everyone will stand up and applaud, that may not happen. The appreciation may get louder, but his aura will not change overnight. Something like that can happen only in one scenario. The next T20 World Cup is in 2028. I am not saying that India’s T20 leadership will change immediately, but there is a possibility a couple of years down the line,” said Chopra on JioStar’s ‘IPL Today Live’.
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“If he stakes a claim to that spot, scores runs, which is the first criterion, takes his team to the playoffs, the final, or wins the trophy, and somehow becomes India’s T20I Captain in the near future, whether in 12 months or by the next World Cup, then everything will change. He could even become a World Cup-winning captain for India, and that aura is different. Then he would not need any endorsement from anyone,” he added.
