Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan to face exclusion from BCCI Central Contracts

Not playing in Ranji Trophy may prove costly for Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer. BCCI has decided to take action against both the players and keep them out of the BCCI central contracts.

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According to reports, under the leadership of Ajit Agarkar, the selectors have almost finalized the list of centrally contracted players for the 2023-24 season. BCCI will make the announcement soon.

Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan continue to keep their distance from Ranji Trophy

Kishan and Iyer are likely to be left out of BCCI Central Contracts. Despite BCCI orders, they are not playing domestic cricket. Kishan has been on a long break due to personal reasons since returning from South Africa's tour of India in December-January. He has been training with his Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya in Baroda, but has not turned out for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy. Iyer was absent from Mumbai's final Ranji Trophy league match against Assam in BKC and will also miss the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Baroda from Friday.

Iyer was not available for selection due to back spasms

The middle-order batsman had informed the Mumbai Cricket Association that he was not available for selection due to back spasms. While Nitin Patel, head of sports science and medicine at the National Cricket Academy, sent an email to the BCCI and the national selectors and informed that Iyer is 'fit'. However, a source close to Iyer mentioned that the batsman was left out of India's squad for the last three Test matches as a precautionary measure after complaining of a back problem.

The source said, "Patel's email to the BCCI was written after the second Test against England. Since then, a back problem has bothered Iyer," the source said. "Iyer was one of India's top-performing batsmen in the ODI World Cup in India last year. He won't lose the contract just because he missed the odd Ranji match."

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BCCI secretary Jay Shah had last week warned centrally contracted and India A cricketers that non-participation in the ongoing Ranji Trophy will not be tolerated and chief selector Ajit Agarkar will be given a free hand in this regard. As far as the 2022-23 BCCI central contracts go, Ishan Kishan was placed in the C category, while Shreyas Iyer was in B, earning Rs 1 crore and 3 crores respectively.