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Indian Cricket News: India's star batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have got a big relief. The Board of Control for Cricket in India will not remove Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the central contract. Earlier it was claimed that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan would be removed from the list of centrally contracted players due to not playing Ranji Trophy but till now BCCI has not decided to take any strict action against both the players. Recently Shreyas Iyer and Ishaan Kishan have been in controversies for different reasons.
Ishan Kishan's entry into controversies started with the South Africa tour. Ishan Kishan withdrew from the South Africa tour citing mental health. After which Kishan did not get a place in Team India for the series against Afghanistan and England. Team India coach Rahul Dravid had made it clear that Ishan Kishan would have to play domestic cricket first to make a comeback, but Kishan did not accept his advice.
Iyer and Kishan came into controversy
After this step of Kishan, BCCI adopted an aggressive stance. BCCI has made it clear that no player with a national contract can leave Ranji Trophy. However, Ishan Kishan maintained distance from Ranji Trophy.
This type of method was adopted from Shreyas Iyer. Iyer was dropped from Team India after the second Test, but after being out of the team, Iyer made the excuse of injury to opt out of Ranji Trophy. The National Cricket Academy clarified that Iyer is absolutely fit to play. Due to these reasons Iyer also came into controversies. However, till now both these players have been spared from BCCI action.