Ishan Kishan skips Ranji Trophy final round match despite BCCI's directive
Ishan Kishan skips latest Ranji Trophy final round despite BCCI's directive
India keeper batter Ishan Kishan continues to skip the ongoing Ranji Trophy matches ofJharkhand despite the directive by BCCI toall centrally contracted players of making themselves available for first-class matches. With the final round matches starting on Friday (Feb 16), Ishan, Deepak Chahar, and Shreyas Iyer were specifically asked by the board to show up for their respective state teams.
Upset over some of the first-team playersnot appearing for the first-class matches (for their respective states) despite being fit,board secretary Jay Shah had said that centrally contracted players would be directedto remain available for the matches.
"If you are fit then no excuse will be entertained," Shah said.
"This applies to all centrally contracted players, they have to play. The player cannot decide his future; the selectors need to decide that. If the player is good in red-ball, he has to play,” the BCCI secretary added.
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Meanwhile, in Kishan’s absence, Kumar Kushagra kept wickets for Jharkhand against Rajasthan in a home game.
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Young guns recovering off the field
Following a successful 2023 Asia Cup campaign, Ishan got picked for the home World Cup latelast year. The left-handed batter then played the five-match T20I series against Australia before leaving for South Africa for the white-ball series. During the Proteas tour, Ishan asked BCCI and the team management not to consider him for selection as he wanted to be away from cricket, citing ‘mental fatigue’.
Since then, Ishan has been away fromon-field action. As per latest reports, he was training with India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is recovering from anankle injury, in Baroda. Incidentally, Hardik and Ishan are part of the Mumbai Indians squad in the IPL, the latest edition of which begins mid-March.
On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer issufferingfrom back stiffness.Although he remained available for selection for the remaining three Tests, the selectors dropped him on grounds of fitness and poor form.
Meanwhile, Iyer’s Mumbai has already qualified for the quarter-final and is playing its last league match against Assam at home.
