Shreyas Iyer missing out on the Asia Cup 2025 squad has made a huge buzz. He has been in the headline since the squad selection, but definitely not in the way he wanted to be in. The former South African batter AB de Villiers now thinks there must be some beyond-stat perspective for Shreyas to miss out on the squad. Speaking on his YouTube channel. AB de Villiers suspected off-field issues that might have cut Shreyas Iyer's name from the list. And his prediction led to Iyer's age-old issue—the attitude. ABD, while reflecting on the issue, said, "Maybe not even Shreyas knows. But there might be a few things that have taken place over the years that have determined why it’s not the flavour of the month for a certain tournament. He’s a quality player. He’ll be in my team more often than not. But sometimes, and I’m not talking about Shreyas now, but sometimes thinking about when I was captaining, if there’s a 50-50 call between two players, I would always lean towards the guy that I feel offers more from a team perspective off the field." Read also: RCB Director Reveals Why They Didn’t Retain Mohammed Siraj He added, “When it’s 50-50 on the field, you have to start looking at other areas, like does he add value in the team room? Does he have a smile on his face? Does he uplift some of the other players around him? Or is he sort of draining energy from the squad? Maybe it’s got something to do with that. I’m just honestly taking a complete guess. Of course, it is weird to me, a quality player like that, not making the starting squad for Team India, especially with the leadership qualities he’s bringing. Maybe it will be too much of a clash with him there." Notably, Shreyas Iyer led Punjab Kings from the front with his bat. He tonked 604 runs, including 6 half centuries, with a strike rate over 175. While his numbers looked convincing enough for the chief selector, Ajit Agarkar, to give a nod, the later said that Shreyas has no place in the team.