A screengrab from the video where Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya cane be seen training.© Twitter
Ishan Kishan has been in news since the last two months. The star Indian cricket team player took a break from cricket and returned home from India Tour of South Africa. Since then, Ishan Kishan has been missing from action. In this period, Indian cricket team coach Rahul Dravid mentioned that Ishan Kishan has to play some form of the game to make a return to the Indian team. Meanwhile, the BCCI has also made it mandatory for centrally contracted to play red-ball cricket in the domestic circuit.
Despite this, Ishan Kishan missed his state Jharkhand’s last Ranji Trophy game this season. Now, in a video that has gone viral, Ishan Kishan can be seen training with Hardik Pandya. The authenticity of the video cannot be verified by NDTV.
Ishan Kishan in the gym session with Hardik Pandya. pic.twitter.com/TN3HgEGJrN
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BCCI Secretary Jay Shah made it clear on Wednesday that all centrally contracted cricketers will have to mandatorily play red-ball cricket in the domestic circuit and the management will not tolerate any kind of excuses in the matter. While interacting with the reporters at the sidelines of the renaming ceremony of the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Shah pointed out that all players will have to represent their state teams if called upon by coach or captain. The statement came amidst the controversy surrounding Ishan Kishan and reports that suggest that BCCI has asked him to play for Jharkhand in Ranji Trophy.
Shah mentioned Kishan during the interaction but quickly added that the announcement was not targeted towards him and this rule will apply for all cricketers who are not part of the national team.
“All contracted players have been told on phone and I’ll be writing to them too. If chairman of selectors, coach & captain want you to play red-ball cricket then you gotta play. ‘Nakhre Nahi Chalenge’ (no tantrums). And as far as Ishan Kishan is concerned, he is young, I am not saying this specifically about him as it will be applicable for all the players uniformly,” Jay Shah told reporters.
“Everyone will have to play, otherwise, the chairman of the selection committee has given me his suggestions and I am going to give him a free hand to let him take his own calls freely,” he added.
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