BCCI set to issue Ranji trophy notice

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BCCI set to issue critical 'Ranji Trophy' notice amid Ishan Kishan's continued absence: 'Some are already in IPL mode'

By HT Sports Desk

 

Feb 12, 2024 11:37 AM IST

 

Ishan Kishan has remained unavailable for selection since December last year.

Over the past few weeks, there have been significant speculations over the places of certain players in Team India's squad; one of them, Ishan Kishan, has drawn considerable attention. Ishan has been away from action since November last year and withdrew from the South Africa tour mid-way next month, reportedly citing mental fatigue.

 

 

India's Ishan Kishan attends a practice session(AFP)

 

Over the past few weeks, there have been significant speculations over the places of certain players in Team India's squad; one of them, Ishan Kishan, has drawn considerable attention. Ishan has been away from action since November last year and withdrew from the South Africa tour mid-way next month, reportedly citing mental fatigue.

 

Last week, India head coach Rahul Dravid was visually displeased with repeated questions over Ishan Kishan's unavailability, stating that the player needs to play some cricket before returning to the national fold. A few days later, a report revealed Ishan has returned to training alongside the Pandya brothers – Hardik and Krunal – in Baroda.

 

 

Interestingly, the young wicketkeeper-batter didn't make himself available for selection for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan had reacted to the development on his official Twitter profile earlier this week, stating he was “perplexed" with the player's unavailability, and it seems the board has also taken cognizance of the matter.

According to a report from the Times of India, the BCCI is set to issue a notice for all players to take part in the Ranji Trophy if they aren't “injured.” The newspaper's source further mentioned that some players are in “IPL mode” already, which isn't appreciated by the board.

“In the next few days, all the players will be communicated by the BCCI to play for their state team in the Ranji Trophy, as long as they are not on national duty, with only those who are unfit and recovering at the NCA being granted an exemption. The Board isn't too happy with certain players already in IPL mode from January,” the source told TOI.

Unlike Ishan, Hardik is currently undergoing recovery after facing an injury during a 2023 World Cup match against Bangladesh. He is expected to return in the Indian Premier League, where he will captain the Mumbai Indians.

India are currently taking part in a five-match Test series against England, which will be the national team's last assignment before the T20 World Cup in June. Earlier this week, the board announced the squad for the remaining three Tests of the series, which saw the continued absence of Virat Kohli (personal reasons); however, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja made a return to the squad after injury absences in the second Test.

[tweaker]

As usual.very late reaction from BCCI. Most of the matches  are over.

 

 

 

[LordPrabhzy]

haha hypocritical board- they run on IPL lobby favours. Why did it take 16 years of IPL for BCCI to state that players need to take Ranji seriously if they arent playing indian internationals.

 

If BCCI doesnt set a mandate with powers to heavily fine or disbar them from participating from IPL, players wont take state red ball seriously

[Number]

32 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

haha hypocritical board- they run on IPL lobby favours. Why did it take 16 years of IPL for BCCI to state that players need to take Ranji seriously if they arent playing indian internationals.

 

If BCCI doesnt set a mandate with powers to heavily fine or disbar them from participating from IPL, players wont take state red ball seriously

Most probably lip service. Or just a paid PR article by BCCI. BCCI itself hardly picks only very very few Ranji performers at the top level for Tests or ODIs, so BCCI itself doesn't give a toss about domestic cricket.

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30 minutes ago, Number said:

Most probably lip service. Or just a paid PR article by BCCI. BCCI itself hardly picks only very very few Ranji performers at the top level for Tests or ODIs, so BCCI itself doesn't give a toss about domestic cricket.

Yup, last year also BCCI gave directive that emerging players need to play consistent Ranji trophy matches but still no such thing happened. BCCI themselves ignore Ranji performance while selecting test teams.

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1 hour ago, LordPrabhzy said:

haha hypocritical board- they run on IPL lobby favours. Why did it take 16 years of IPL for BCCI to state that players need to take Ranji seriously if they arent playing indian internationals.

 

If BCCI doesnt set a mandate with powers to heavily fine or disbar them from participating from IPL, players wont take state red ball seriously

Do you think , BCCI needs IPL to survive.BCCI on its own without IPL is more than self sufficient. 

 

IPL is t20 league and Ranji is longest format . So not many players can play well both formats.Guy like Pujara who after landing for Australia series straightaway played Ranji  knockouts.

 

Why do you want to force players to play Ranji.India will never be short of players wanting to play Ranji trophy.