BCCI to remove Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan from central contracts for refusing to play domestic cricket

[rollingstoned]

BCCI to remove Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan from central contracts for refusing to play domestic cricket

 

Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer could land into trouble after repeatedly ignoring BCCI's dictate regarding prioritising domestic cricket.

 

BCCI secretary Jay Shah had warned centrally-contracted India players last week against prioritising the Indian Premier League (IPL) over domestic cricket. Amid Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar's reluctance to participate in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, Shah had cautioned all India cricketers that ignoring domestic cricket could lead to "severe implications". However, with the players still turning a blind eye to the warning, a report on Friday indicated that both Ishan and Iyer are likely to lose their BCCI central contracts.

likely to lose their BCCI central contracts.

Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are likely to lose their BCCI central contract

 

 

 

According to a report in The Times of India, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee of the BCCI have already picked a list of centrally contracted players for the 2023-24 season and the names of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are absent.

 

"The selectors, led by Ajit Agarkar, has almost finalised the list of centrally contracted players for the 2023-24 season too, which the BCCI will announce soon. Kishan and Iyer are likely to be excluded from that list, as both haven't been playing domestic cricket despite the BCCI's diktat to do so," a source told the newspaper.

 

 

Ishan last played for India in November 2023, in a T20I game against Australia at home. Later in December, during India's tour of South Africa, where he was slated to retain his wicketkeeping spot in the Test series, the left-handed batter had withdrawn, citing mental health reasons.

While questions on if, when and how he could make a comeback to the Indian team have been making rounds in almost every press conference of the Indian team, Ishan has remained out of action. India head coach Rahul Dravid clarified a few times that for the youngster to make a return to the national side, he needs to show some gametime. But Ishan did not participate in any of the Ranji Trophy league games for Jharkhand. He was, however, spotted in Baroda, training with Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya for IPL 2024, along with Krunal Pandya.

 

Iyer, on the other hand, missed Mumbai's last league game against Assam and was not in action in the quarterfinal match against Baroda on Friday. According to a report in The Indian Express on Thursday, the middle-order batter informed Mumbai Cricket Association that he was unavailable for selection due to a back injury. However, National Cricket Academy (NCA) head of sports science and medicine, Nitin Patel, in an email to the MCA selectors, declared Iyer was 'fit'.

“Shreyas Iyer was fit and available for selection as per the handover report of the Indian team after the 2nd Test match against England. There are currently no fresh injuries reported as well after his departure from Team India," Patel wrote in the email.

 

Appears Iyer was lying about his back spasm. 

Edited February 24 by rollingstoned

[tweaker]

Will BCCI debar them from playing IPL

[Jaydev_Unadkat]

What about Hardik Pandya? 

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

What about Hardik Pandya? 

Hard*ck is a special case. he doesn't need to play any cricket barring IPL. he is BCCI's 2nd most fav player, behind V. Kohli

[rollingstoned]

3 minutes ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

What about Hardik Pandya? 

Which category Central contract does he have?

[Vijy]

6 minutes ago, tweaker said:

Will BCCI debar them from playing IPL

Nope, they will lay out the red carpet for them to play therein

[Vickydev]

4 minutes ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

What about Hardik Pandya? 

Was last seen seated on Jay Shah's chair

[Vijy]

Just now, Vickydev said:

Was last seen seated on Jay Shah's chair

right hand man

[Tillu]

[srgadjon]

Both are hacks who think they are superstars already. Too much ego and arrogance. By product of IPL popularity and riches.

[putrevus]

When will Hardik Pandya play domestic cricket.

[Jaydev_Unadkat]

1 hour ago, rollingstoned said:

Which category Central contract does he have?

He is in Category A

[jf1gp_1]

2 hours ago, Jaydev_Unadkat said:

What about Hardik Pandya? 

We aren't planning to select Pandya in test team so hardly matters if he plays Ranji or not 

[jf1gp_1]

3 hours ago, tweaker said:

Will BCCI debar them from playing IPL

That would be extreme but sure if message is what they intent to pass then go ahead do it. IPL is a BCCI event. 

[Austin 3:!6]

Will hardly make any difference. As long as they have contract with their respective IPL franchise...not many cares about central contract.

 

Shreyas is a good player and always looked arrogant.

 

Ishan is a mediocre batsman but I used to think he is humble.

[Lord]

2 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

We aren't planning to select Pandya in test team so hardly matters if he plays Ranji or not 

 

In that case Iyer shouldn't be selected in Tests too. So should be fine

[New guy]

6 hours ago, tweaker said:

Will BCCI debar them from playing IPL

Nope, not being in central contract just means you wont get the yearly pay per the contract, you can still be selected in all formats international and play IPL and will get match fees.

[New guy]

3 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

We aren't planning to select Pandya in test team so hardly matters if he plays Ranji or not 

Then he shouldnt get a A category contract, should be at max B

[Serpico]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

Then he shouldnt get a A category contract, should be at max B

Some serious backdoor politics are happening. Pandya was acting all chummy with Amit Shah yet Jay announced Rohit as captain for Wt20. Maybe Rohit promised to retire from Lois without any fuss immediately after. So Pandya will have smooth transition without leaving any bad taste for the fans

[nitinbwj]

Remove Kohli also for badly timed family planning.