March 6, 2024 | Author: News Desk
India captain Rohit Sharma wants players, who are not on national duty, to make themselves available for domestic cricket unless they have been declared “unfit” by the BCCI’s medical team.
In a strong message to players, who prioritize one format over the other, the Indian cricket board advised all contracted cricketers to give “precedence” to domestic cricket and went to the extent of excluding 2023 ODI World Cuppers Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the pool of centrally contracted cricketers after they ignored the board’s diktat on Ranji Trophy.
Ahead of the final Test against England, Rohit made it clear that the move applies to all and not a few players. “There has been talk about this for a long, long time. That when the players are available, they’ve got to make themselves available to play domestic cricket, unless they have been given a certificate from the medical group that they want to be rested or will not be taking part in domestic cricket, but if you are available, if you are fit, if you’re fine, it is important that we go and play that,” said Rohit.
