Sourav Ganguly on Shreyas Iyer-Ishan Kishan row

Within the midst of the controversy over Shreyas and Kishan’s determination to skip home cricket, the BCCI has despatched out a powerful sign by omitting each of them from the central contracts record introduced on Wednesday, February 28. Whereas Shreyas was dropped over poor type after the primary two Checks in opposition to England, Kishan hasn’t performed for India since November final yr.

Chatting with Revsportz, Ganguly shared his ideas on the Kishan-Shreyas vs BCCI row and commented, “I feel the BCCI needs them to play first-class cricket. I’m stunned why Shreyas Iyer has not performed Ranji Trophy. It’s a premier match and you’re presupposed to play. So, it’s a determination by BCCI and what they’ve thought proper they’ve performed. Each contracted cricketer should play first-class cricket as a result of that’s the fundamental premise of cricket on this nation.”

The 51-year-old added {that a} contracted participant is anticipated to play the nation’s premier match when he’s not on nationwide responsibility. “Shreyas Iyer is enjoying the semi-final for Mumbai in a few days’ time. Sure, they’re younger individuals and Ishan has stunned me. He was a part of the Indian group in all codecs. Such a giant contract in IPL. I do not know why he has performed that. You should play particularly if you end up as gifted as Ishan Kishan. If you find yourself enjoying for India in all codecs, you should play. I used to be stunned by his determination to not,” the previous India opener added.

Whereas Shreyas has been named within the Mumbai squad for the Ranji Trophy 2024 semi-finals in opposition to Tamil Nadu, which shall be performed in Mumbai from March 2, Kishan is collaborating within the DY Patil T20 Cup. He was a part of the Check squad in South Africa final yr and subsequently pulled out citing private causes.

Ganguly additionally hailed Rohit Sharma for the way through which he has led India. Describing him as an excellent captain, the previous BCCI president added that he’s not stunned by Rohit’s success.

“Take a look at the way in which he captained within the World Cup. Taking India to the ultimate. I feel India was the very best group within the competitors until they misplaced the ultimate. So he is an efficient captain, IPL trophies. I’m not stunned by the way in which he led. He turned the captain once I was the BCCI president, and I’m not stunned by the way in which he has led the group. I made him the Indian captain as a result of I noticed the expertise in him, and I’m not stunned by what he has performed,” Ganguly concluded.

Underneath Rohit, India had been unbeaten within the 2023 World Cup till be hammered by Australia within the closing.

–By A Cricket Correspondent