Shreyas Iyer's sister, Shresta Iyer, sparked controversy after liking an Instagram Reel that claimed the cricketer was "playing with 10 snakes". Shresta reportedly later unliked the post. Shreyas recently replaced Suryakumar Yadav as India's T20I captain following the latter's prolonged poor run with the bat. India are yet to win a T20I under Shreyas' captaincy.