Mandatory Domestic Cricket: Impact on Indian Team Selection and Key Players Like Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer

Indian cricket has seen many changes in recent times. For many top players, performance in domestic cricket has become essential to secure a place in the Indian team. Due to some mandatory rules adopted by the BCCI, the players do not have an easy chance to join the Indian team.

Also, many players were banned from the Indian team due to not playing domestic cricket. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were the two players who were dropped from India’s premiership contract. Both the players were sidelined after the BCCI did not accept the position that they should play in domestic cricket even after putting out good performances in international cricket. Jai Shah spoke about this law.

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Jai Shah talked about the upcoming Duleep Cup team as an example. “Check out the team for the Duleep Cup. All the players except Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are playing there. Shreyas Iyer and Ishaan Kishan are in for the Duleep Trophy. All this is the result of some urgent decisions we made. In the past we have made difficult decisions. When Ravindra Jadeja got injured, I called him and asked him to play domestic cricket. It is now made mandatory. “Whoever gets injured and is out of the team, if he wants to come back to the Indian team, he should prove his fitness by playing domestic cricket,” Jai Shah said.

However, Indian team mainstays like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah are not playing in the Duleep Trophy. The main reason for this is to control their workload. Jai Shah had said that it is for this reason that they are staying away from the Duleep Cup. India will start their next series after a month. The 2-Test series against Bangladesh will begin on September 19. The stars including Kohli and Rohit will return during this game.

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“Questions have been raised about not playing Kohli and Rohit in domestic cricket. But such a decision is not made because of the risk of injury. We should look at cricket boards like Australia and England in this regard. International players from these countries do not play domestic cricket. It is respect for the players,” said the BCCI secretary.