'BCCI had discussions with Hardik Pandya': How India all-rounder escaped Kishan-Iyer treatment at the last moment
Hindustan TimesThere were no doubts about what Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer bring to the table as premier batters at Team India. After Kishan and Iyer lost their BCCI contracts, former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan shared an interesting post mentioning the curious case of all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya bagged a Grade A contract from the BCCI for the 2023-2024 season Contract extensions were not handed out to Iyer and Kishan for ignoring BCCI's directive to play in the Ranji Trophy. Kishan's teammate at the Mumbai Indians, all-rounder Pandya, bagged a Grade A contract from the apex cricket board for the 2023-2024 season. ‘Playing Ranji Trophy out of equation for Pandya’ “We have had discussions with Pandya, who has been told to play domestic white-ball tournaments when he is available.