Jay Shah says Ajit Agarkar dropped Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the BCCI contract list
A few months ago, the Board of Control for Cricket in India had come up with new contracts for the players. In the new contracts, two significant names were missing: Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. Now BCCI secretary Jay Shah has clarified that the decision to drop the two from the retainers contract’s list was that of chief selector Ajit Agarkar.
The main reason for such a harsh decision was their unavailability to play domestic cricket. While Ishan Kishan had moved out of the Indian team to take a break, Iyer was injured after the second IND vs. ENG test. But much to the surprise of everyone, the duo decided to ignore the orders of Rahul Dravid and Jay Shah about not playing the Ranji Trophy.
“That decision lies with Ajit Agarkar; even when these two players, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, did not play domestic cricket, the decision to drop them from the central contract list was only his. My role is just to implement. And we have got new players in place, like Sanju Samson. Nobody is indispensable,” Shah said.