Rahul Dravid clears air around Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer's non-selection in T20Is vs Afghanistan

There were speculations that Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were dropped from Team India's T20I side due to disciplinary issues but Rahul Dravid finally cleared the air around their absence on Wednesday.

During the pre-match press conference, Dravid was asked if reports surrounding Kishan were true and the head coach said absolutely not.

'Ishan Kishan was not available for selection. Ishan requested for a break, which we agreed in South Africa. We supported it. He has not yet made himself available. I don't think he has made himself available as yet. When he is available, he will play domestic cricket and make himself available for selection.'

Furthermore, Dravid rubbished all such rumours for Shreyas Iyer as well.

'In Shreyas Iyer's case, there is absolutely no disciplinary reason for his non-inclusion. It's just that he missed out. There were a lot of battes in the team. Shreyas missed out, he didn't play the T20Is in South Africa, if you noticed. They are a lot of batters and it's not easy to fit everyone. So, absolutely, there is no disciplinary reasons at all. At least I didn't discuss such things with the selectors,' said Dravid.

Both Kishan and Iyer missed the cut in India's 16-member squad for the T20I series against Afghanistan.