The BCCI cracked the whip on Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, two of the members of India's World Cup squad by terminating their central contract for the 2023-24 season. Iyer and Kishan both missed red-ball domestic games and hence were punished for the same.
Shreyas Iyer didn't do most with the opportunity he had in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu in Mumbai. Iyer, who was dropped from India's Test squad in the middle of the England series, was left out of the BCCI's central contract list.
The BCCI made a recommendation to all the players to feature in domestic cricket when not playing for India while announcing the annual central contracts for the 2023-24 season. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were the two big names dropped due to the same issue.
BCCI announced their central contracts for the 2023-2024 season with 30 players in the list across four categories while UP Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy encountered a pitch invader in WPL match against Mumbai Indians. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 29.
The BCCI pulled up Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan rather decisively as the board left both of them out of the Indian men's team's annual central contracts list. 30 players were handed central contracts for 2023-24 across four categories with 11 new players getting it for the first time.
The BCCI sprung a few surprises while announcing the annual central contracts for the Indian men's team. There were 11 names in the list while four players were promoted from the last time. However, the big discussion point was the exclusion of the duo of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer.
The BCCI has four categories -- A+ which has annual remuneration of Rs 7 crore while A, B and C categories are valued at Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.
Another big question is whether the BCCI top brass is in a mood to upgrade two future captaincy contenders -- KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant -- alongside Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the elite A+ category.
New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board on Monday dropped veterans Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh from their annual ‘Graded Retainership' even as UP seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar made it to the top bracket.The BCCI also chose
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