Ian Bishop goes Gaga after Jay Shah kicks out Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from BCCI Central Contracts List
Published - 29 Feb 2024, 11:46 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 10:27 AM
Former West Indies bowler Ian Bishop has praised the BCCI for giving fast-bowling contracts to budding pacers of the country. The BCCI, on Wednesday (February 28), announced the list of centrally contracted players.
A total of 30 players have received central contracts from the BCCI. The board also announced a new category – Fast Bowling contracts and have included five players in it. The players to receive the fast-bowling contracts are – Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal, and Vidwath Kaverappa. Of those five, only Umran Malik and Akash Deep have played for India so far.
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Ian Bishop is delighted with fast-bowling contracts:
Soon after the BCCI announced the central contracts, Ian Bishop took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his views on the fast-bowling contracts. The former cricketer-turned-commentator called it a ‘very innovative move’ as he praised the BCCI’s step to enhance India’s fast-bowling strength. He was also delighted with the inclusion of fast-bowler Umran Malik in the list and wrote:
“Very innovative move by India to give out fast-bowling contracts. I am a big fan of that, especially to see Umran Malik’s name in that list. Any team that wants to be globally competitive must procure and develop quality fast-bowlers.”
Very innovative move by India to give out fast-bowling contracts. I am a big fan of that, especially to see Umran Malik’s name in that list. Any team that wants to be globally competitive must procure and develop quality fast-bowlers.
Talking about the central contracts, Ishan Kishan as well as Shreyas Iyer failed to make the cut. In fact, both the players were not even considered for the contracts as the BCCI stated: “Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations.”
Iyer was in Grade B last season while Kishan had a Grade C contract. India captain Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah are in Grade A+. On the other hand, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya are in Grade A.
Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal are in Grade B while Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar are in Grade C.
