BCCI may take a significant step back after the Ishan Kishan fiasco with no Ranji Trophy and no IPL – See report

The inability of Jharkhand keeper-batter, Ishan Kishan (India) to play first class cricket and concentrate solely on the Indian Premier League (IPL), may prompt the BCCI to enforce a minimum number of games played in the Ranji Trophy for players who wish to enter the league’s lucrative auction pool. According to sources, the BCCI’s top brass has already given his impetus for Kishan to participate in Jharkhand’s final group league game against Rajasthan at Jamshedpur on February 16. Due to a lack of motivation, Kishan returned midway from his South Africa tour and skipped match after match, which has not been well received by men in the Indian cricket establishment.

This comes after it was revealed that he is currently training in Baroda with his new MI captain Hardik Pandya, while his state team is struggling to make up the bottom of group A table.

According to a report by the Press Trust of India (PTI), the BCCI is set to take strict action against players skipping the Ranji Trophy in order to preserve themselves and is considering bringing in a policy to make it compulsory for players to play 3–4 matches in the red-ball competition to be eligible to play in the IPL or even be part of the auction pool. There is a widespread belief that it is necessary to enforce a strict policy so that a group of young players can avoid playing in the same IPL format. Those decision-makers at BCCI are well aware that some players don’t want to play red ball cricket. If the Indian team is not selected, a senior BCCI official stated that they would play a few Mushtaq Ali T20 games and then not report for state team duty during red ball season.

Perhaps the BCCI should also order a minimum number of Ranji Trophy matches for players to qualify at all for one of the riches in the league’s auction pool because Jharkhand keeper-battler Ishan Kishan does not want play first-class cricket and has focused his efforts solely on the IPL.

According to reports, the BCCI officials have already given Kishan permission to play in Jharkhand’s final group league match against Rajasthan, which is scheduled to start on February 16.

There are few men in the Indian cricket system who display any degree of importance, like Kishan’s disappearance from match after match after his South African tour, citing “travel fatigue.”

After it was revealed that his state team was at the bottom of group A, he has been training in Baroda with Hardik Pandya as their new MI captain.

The general consensus is that stringent regulations must be implemented to prevent a group of young players from “playing IPL to IPL” as a routine activity.

The BCCI’s decision-makers are aware that some players are hesitant to take on the challenge of playing red ball cricket. An unnamed senior BCCI official informed PTI that if they are not included in the Indian team, they will only play a few Mushtaq Ali T20 matches before failing to report for state team duty during red ball season, according to an anonymous source.