BCCI announces annual central contracts; Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer miss out, Pant dropped to Grade B

The Board of Control for Cricket in India introduced the revised central contracts to the boys’s senior workforce members for the 2023-24 season on Wednesday. Both Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan are the largest names lacking the checklist after a dip in kind throughout codecs in latest months.

Stra batters KL Rahul and Shubman Gill are promoted to Grade A contracts after spectacular performances within the 12 months 2023. Both Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan additionally miss out on the central contracts as they fail to meet the factors of enjoying a minimal of three Test matches. But the BCCI has confirmed that each gamers might be included within the annual contract checklist in the event that they characteristic within the upcoming fifth Test match towards England in Dharamsala.

“Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan, having played 2 Test matches so far, will be inducted into Grade C if they participate in the Dharamsala Test Match, i.e., the 5th Test of the ongoing series against England,” the BCCI assertion stated. “Please note that 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.”

Grade A+ (4 Athletes): Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade A (6 Athletes): R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.

Grade B (5 Athletes): Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Grade C (15 Athletes): 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 and Rajat Patidar.

Meanwhile, the BCCI additionally revealed that the Selection Committee has advisable 5 quick bowlers for the central contracts to Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal and Vidwath Kaverappa.