Former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra felt that Shreyas Iyer might have some long-term impact after he decided to pull out from the multi-day red ball series between India A and Australia A. On Thursday, BCCI officially declared that Shreyas has decided not to play first-class cricket for six months due to recurring back spasms. Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, Akash said that Shreyas Iyer had his chance to get into the fifteen-member squad in the home Test series against the West Indies. He was thus made the captain of the multi-day games against Australia A. He even was playing red-ball cricket in the domestics. Akash said, "It is actually (whether Shreyas Iyer taking a break from red-ball cricket is a significant development), especially for Shreyas Iyer, because there was a lot of noise about Shreyas Iyer’s non-inclusion in the Asia Cup. Everybody felt that he deserved a chance, and he was not a part of this, but he was made captain of India’s multi-day games against Australia A and with an eye on two back-to-back home Test series, he’s already a regular in the ODI format, he’s still not there in the T20 format but there is one format where he scored a century on his debut. He also gave an audition. He went and played Ranji Trophy, making himself available for red-ball cricket." Read also: BCCI clarifies Shreyas Iyer's leave from red-ball cricket, batter to take six month break Shreyas Iyer finished with Karun Nair? BCCI announced the 15-member squad on Thursday, where Karun Nair was an expected but unfortunate miss. He did not have a great season in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, despite his great domestic season. While many think that Nair deserved another chance, Akash Chopra can't find any potential revival for him. However, Akash was hopeful for Shreyas. He felt that Shreyas has the full caliber to be the all-format player. But with him missing out on the red-ball cricket and now being the only ODI player, he might just be promoted to B Grade which Akash thinks is an injustice for a player of Shreyas' stature. He said, "Karun Nair going out of favour, I actually thought that Shreyas Iyer might find a place in the 15 for the West Indies series. But now with his decision, it might just have slightly longer repercussions and might not just be limited to these two matches or the two series. It might have long-term ramifications." He added, "Karun Nair is someone who is now unfortunate to miss out because he had a tough tour of England, but seems to be slightly out of favour, but Shreyas Iyer now falls in that list right at the bottom, or maybe not in the list anymore. Even the central contract, that will have a slightly different look to it as well. If he was a multi-format player, you go up the ladder, if you are not, then your category actually goes slightly B category kind of place, which doesn’t suit Shreyas Iyer the player. He’s too good a player."