India stars Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have been missed for annual contracts for the 2023-24 season.
India’s cricket board (BCCI) revealed the news on Wednesday after they introduced a listing of 30 gamers who had been handed contracts.
Iyer was on a Grade B contract final yr whereas Kishan was handed a Grade C contract however regardless of enjoying within the 50-over World Cup final yr, the BCCI stated each gamers weren’t thought of on this spherical of suggestions.
Iyer was one among seven batters to attain over 500 runs on the World Cup. But neither he nor Kishan has performed for his or her state groups within the Ranji Trophy after being dropped from the Indian nationwide group.
“The BCCI has recommended that all athletes give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in a press release.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained in Grade A+ contracts, which have been price 70 million rupees ($A1.3 million) final yr.
BCCI PLAYER CONTRACTS FOR 2023-24
Grade A+: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A: Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya
Grade B: Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
