Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have landed in controversy for skipping Ranji Trophy matches even after being sent a notice by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). On Monday, February 26, after defeating England in the fourth Test match played in Ranchi, Team India captain Rohit Sharma talked about the youth and said that they are not showing hunger to play the longest format of the game. .

Rohit Sharma gave a big statement regarding the player who does not play test cricket

Captain Rohit Sharma, in the press conference after winning the Ranchi Test match, targeted all those players who stay away from Test cricket. He said, “Look, Test cricket is the toughest format. You can tell just by looking at the players who don’t have the hunger for Test cricket. Then what is the use of feeding them all? This is a format for people who work very hard.”

This statement of Rohit clearly shows that he directly attacked Ishan Kishan. Actually, Ishan Kishan was a part of India’s T-20 and Test team on the South Africa tour, but he withdrew his name from the team in the middle of the series citing mental fatigue. After this he did not make himself available for selection.

After returning from the South Africa tour, India played a T-20 series against Afghanistan on home soil and now a five-match Test series is being played against England, but Ishan Kishan’s name is not there. Selector and coach Rahul Dravid has made it clear that Ishan Kishan has not made himself available for selection. In such a situation, it is difficult for him to be selected.

Rahul Dravid had also said that if Ishaan wants to come back to the team, then for that he will have to play domestic cricket, only then he would like to return to Team India. However, Ishan Kishan may no longer be selected in the Test team for a long time as he did not play Ranji Trophy. He is busy preparing for IPL 2024. He was recently seen practicing with Hardik Pandya.