It seems few Indian players are in no mood to adhere to BCCI’s Ranji diktat. After Ishan Kishan’s reluctance to play first-class cricket, batter Shreyas Iyer is now absent from Mumbai’s squad for Ranji Trophy match against Assam, starting on 16th February.
After strings of low scores in the first two Tests, Iyer was dropped for the remaining three Tests against England.
It was reported that Shreyas Iyer complained of back spasms after the second Test, however, the BCCI didn’t provide any injury update on the Mumbai batter, suggesting that he was dropped from the squad.
While it was expected that Iyer will return to first-class cricket to find his form, the 29-year-old was not named in the squad which was announced on Wednesday.
Earlier, several reports claimed that BCCI is mulling to make a minimum number of Ranji Trophy games mandatory for players in order to be eligible for the IPL.
“The state units feel unless the diktat comes from top of BCCI, some of the young stars will treat Ranji Trophy with disdain”, a senior BCCI official told PTI.
it will be interesting to see how the Indian cricket board will react to Iyer’s absence.
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