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Jay Shah 'Reveals' Who Excluded Shreyas Iyer And Ishan Kishan From BCCI's Central Contract

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Jay Shah, the secretary of the Board of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) has stated that the decision to exclude Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the BCCI central contract was made by chief selector, Ajit Agarkar.

After neglecting to participate in the domestic tournaments, the decision was made to remove the two players from the central contract.

It is to be noted that Iyer did play a couple of matches for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, but misses the semi-final and the final. However, he was still on the receiving end, when it came to light that the middle-order batter had attended a KKR camp, while his teammates were playing a Ranji Trophy match.

On the other hand, Kishan took an indefinite break from cricket and did not return until the IPL commenced.

Jay Shah on Iyer, Kishan exclusion

"You can check the constitution. I am just a convener (of the selection meeting)," Shah said on Thursday at a press meet." 

"That decision lies with Ajit Agarkar, even when these two players (Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer) who did not play domestic (cricket), the decision to drop them (from the central contracts list) was only his. My role is just to implement. And we have got new players (in place), like Sanju (Samson). Nobody is indispensable," he added.

Leading up the third Test between India and England, Shah stated that he would back every decision of the chief selector on any Indian player, who do not comply with the captain and management's decision to give priority to domestic cricket.