BCCI Terminates Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer's Contracts, Announces Full List of Retained Player's Team for 2023-24 season

Iyer and Kishan kicked out of the list -

On Wednesday, February 28, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) revealed the senior men's team cricketers' yearly retainers for the 2023–24 cycle. Although both Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan played in India's ODI World Cup campaign last year, the national board made a significant move by removing them from the yearly retainer ship contract list.

Thirty players were included on the central contracts list, meaning that Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja were kept in the top tier (A+). Despite orders from the board and its secretary Jay Shah, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were warned to play domestic matches if they are not representing their national team but they didn't focus on that much so they were cut from their annual retainership contract. While Ishan Kishan was in Grade C, Shreyas Iyer was in Grade B of the retainers contracts for the 2022-23 season.

"Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations," the BCCI said in a statement, adding that the board has directed the players to "give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team".

BCCI CONTRACTS FOR 2023-24: FULL LIST

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.

Additionally, athletes who meet the criteria of playing a minimum of 3 Tests or 8 ODIs, or 10 T20Is within the specified period will automatically be included in Grade C on a pro-rata basis, the BCCI said in a release. "For instance, 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," BCCI said.