new delhi star batter shreyas iyer who was ruled out of the first test due to a lower back injury is still doing rehabilitation at the national cricket academy and it is unlikely the team management will risk playing him directly in a test matchindia and australia will play the second test at the feroz shah kotla from friday and it is to be seen if iyer is able to join the teamiyer had posted a few videos of his intense rehab programme at the nca in bengaluru under trainer s rajnikanthiyer is doing his strength and conditioning routines but the norm for returning to play in the international arena is to at least play a domestic game of some form before donning national colours againhence iyer who hasnt played any competitive cricket for a month now might not be directly thrown into a test match where he might have to field for 90 overs crouch and stand closein and then bat for long hoursit will be interesting to see if the chetan sharmaled selection committee names iyer in the rest of india squad for the irani cup match against madhya pradesh from march 15 to prove his fitness just like they asked ravindra jadeja to play a ranji trophy game against tamil nadubumrah might not be rushed for australia odisjasprit bumrahs recovery from stress fracture has been a slow one and the indian team management is unlikely to risk playing him in the three odis against australia just after the end of the fourmatch test seriesbumrah will be needed for the potential world test championship final at the oval in london from june 711 and also for the big odi world cup in india at the end of the yeartherefore there is a possibility that bumrah will return to play during mumbai indians campaign at the ipl this year where his workload will be monitoredjadeja pujara sweat it out at jamthain less than 48 hours after he had won the player of the match award in the opening test ravindra jadeja was back in the nets at the vca stadium in jamtha for an optional training session ahead of the second test in delhi starting fridayjadeja who took seven wickets including a fivefor along with a polished 70 did bat and bowl at the nets and was accompanied by senior batter cheteshwar pujara who will play his 100th test at the feroz shah kotlajaydev unadkat who will be flying to kolkata on tuesday to play the ranji trophy final against bengal also rolled his arm over while ks bharat honed his keeping and batting skillsthe australian team which couldnt train at the centre wicket after the nagpur test as the groundsmen had watered the track had a lengthy session on the match strip on the day a few social media pictures featured marnus labuschagne keeping wickets to the spinnersstarc trains at kotla no instructions on pitch preparation from team indiawhile the australian team will be reaching delhi on tuesday