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Ishaan returns to domestic first class cricket after two years.
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan has been named the captain of the Jharkhand team for the Ranji Trophy 2024-2025 season. He did not play the last season even after the orders of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He last captained the Jharkhand team in 2018-19.
Ishaan was given a place in the Rest of India team in the recently concluded Irani Cup. He scored 38 runs in the match played against Mumbai. Although he did not keep wickets. Dhruv Jurel, who was included in the team, played the role of wicketkeeper.
Apart from Ishaan, 2 wicketkeepers are included in the Jharkhand team. It is believed that Ishaan will not do wicketkeeping in Ranji also. Two wicketkeepers including Kumar Kushagra and Anukul Roy have also been included in the team. Jharkhand’s first match is against Assam from October 11 in Guwahati.
Returned to domestic first class cricket after 2 years from Duleep Trophy Ishan returned to domestic first class cricket after 2 years in the Duleep Trophy. He played first class cricket in the year 2022. Ishaan was given a place in the India C team in the Duleep Trophy.
Was thrown out of central contract in 2024 In February 2024, Ishaan was dropped from the BCCI central contract for not giving priority to domestic cricket. At that time, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah had warned the cricketers not playing in Team India that the cricketers who are out of the team should participate in domestic cricket to make a place in the national team.
Ishan Kishan played his last match for India in December 2023.
Ishaan has been out of Team India since December last year. Ishan Kishan had withdrawn his name after joining the team on the South Africa tour in December last year. He took a break from the national team due to personal reasons. Ishaan did not play any competitive cricket for 2 months and now made a comeback from the DY Patil T-20 tournament in February.
Ishaan was not even selected in the team for the Test series against England. On the question of his exclusion, head coach Rahul Dravid had said that Ishaan has not made himself available yet. If he wants to make a comeback, he will have to perform well in domestic cricket.
Ishan still did not play a single Ranji Trophy match for his home team Jharkhand. On the other hand, he started practicing with the Pandya brothers (Krunal and Hardik) in Baroda.
Jharkhand team for Ranji Trophy (first two matches) Ishan Kishan (captain), Virat Singh (vice-captain), Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Nazim Siddiqui, Aryaman Sen, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Suraj, Anukul Roy, Utkarsh Singh, Supriyo Chakraborty, Saurabh Shekhar, Vikas Kumar, Vivekananda Tiwari, Manishi, Ravi Kumar Yadav, Raunak Kumar.
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