Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan dropped from BCCI annual contracts record; Rohit, Virat, Jadeja, Bumrah retained in Grade A+

The BCCI introduced its annual participant retainership for the 2023/24 season on Wednesday and didn’t take into account Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer for the central contracts.

“Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations. The BCCI has recommended that all athletes give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team,” the board mentioned in an announcement.

The batting duo has not been part of the Indian crew amid experiences of their refusal to take part within the ongoing Ranji Trophy season.

Cheteshwar Pujara, who was provided a Grade B contract final season, was additionally omitted from the record, having not performed a Test match because the World Test Championship remaining in opposition to Australia in June 2023.

Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been among the many gamers handed their first contracts. Shubman Gill was promoted from Grade B tro Grade A as was K.L. Rahul. Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah proceed to be the 4 gamers within the highest grade — A+.

In addition, the BCCI additionally introduced the ‘Fast Bowling contracts’ for Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal and Vidwath Kaverappa. In addition, the board mentioned that gamers who will function in three Tests, eight ODIs or 10 T20Is will robotically be included in Grade C.

Here is the complete record of participant contracts: