BCCI is not holding back anymore and walking the talk by making an example of players like Ishan Kishan or to some extent Shreyas Iyer. For now no annual contract for Either of them
There were signs of many young players taking everything casual in domestic cricket because of their IPL contracts. This Ishan Kishan's drama Opened the Pandora Box, now players will think twice about skipping Ranji etc.
Damn. That seriously sucks. Both of them are great players(Especially Shreyas Iyer) which is why I don't really agree with BCCI's decision here. Crazy cramped schedules are making players reconsider their priorities.
This is why I completely understand why Iyer and Kishan decided to skip domestic stuff in favor of IPL etc.
Ishan's drama was in the open so it does make sense.
But kinda surprised by Iyer's exclusion. He must have done something to piss off the management and surely his poor form in the test is not one of them. I mean dude was in red hot form in the ODI WC so clearly deserved the contract, the national contract is not about money per se but reputation.