'Bit surprised...': Ex-India opener on Yuzvendra Chahal's exclusion from BCCI central contracts
ALSO READ: Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer axed from BCCI's contract list - Here's why Earlier, Kishan and Iyer were excluded after ignoring the directive to play Ranji Trophy. However, skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli retained their place in the Grade A+ category. Even Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja too were included in the same category.
Kishan in the meantime was axed for his action of not playing for Jharkhand throughout the team's campaign in the Ranji Trophy, despite not playing since leaving from the tour of South Africa in December citing personal reasons. On the other side, Iyer did not make himself available for Mumbai's Ranji quarterfinal against Baroda following his exclusion from the Indian team after the second Test against England. But, he was picked for the Ranji semifinals starting March 2.
Meanwhile, BCCI once again advised all Indian cricketers to play domestic games when not on national duty, while announcing the central contracts for 2023-24. “The BCCI has recommended that all athletes give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team." BCCI's statement on the matter read. 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): Suryakumar 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. With agency inputs. Mile
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