Shreyas Iyer‘s dismal type in home cricket continued as he was dismissed after scoring simply seven runs for Mumbai within the Ranji Trophy remaining in opposition to Vidarbha on Sunday. Iyer has struggled in opposition to the quick ball up to now and that was precisely the technique that his former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) teammate Umesh Yadav employed to finish his innings. Umesh bowled 4 quick deliveries in a row to the right-hander earlier than an outswinger that struck Iyer’s inside edge. The ball flew to Karun Nair within the first slip and the fielder made no mistake in finishing the catch and piled on Iyer’s distress. The India batter has not carried out effectively within the two Ranji matches since BCCI’s central contract snub.

Earlier. India head coach Rahul Dravid shared a message for out-of-favour batters Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan that they should get match, play and pressure selectors to ‘decide them once more’.

Last month, Iyer and Jaiswal had been “not considered” for the BCCI annual contracts on this spherical of suggestions.

After each gamers had been snubbed from the contracts, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah highlighted the significance of home cricket kinds and acknowledged that “non-participation in domestic cricket will carry severe implications.”

Kishan has but to characteristic for India in any format since opting out of the South Africa sequence final 12 months. Shreyas was chosen for the primary two exams however acquired dropped for the remaining three matches. He opted out of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy quarter-final conflict in opposition to Baroda as a consequence of again spasms and did not make an impression within the semi-final in opposition to Tamil Nadu.

“They’re always in the mix. Everyone who’s playing domestic cricket is in the mix. Firstly, I don’t decide contracts, right? Contracts are decided by the selectors and the board. I don’t even know what the criteria are. I’m involved in – people ask me my opinion on the 15, and me and Rohit select the XI. That’s how it works,” Dravid stated within the post-match press convention after India’s victory within the fifth Test on Saturday.

“We’ve never discussed whether somebody has a contract or not, whether he’s going to be selected in the 15. There are enough examples of people playing different formats of the game, whether they have contracts or not. I don’t even know sometimes what the list of the contracted players is, when we take these decisions, discussions on the 15 or the playing 11 for that matter. No one’s out of the picture, no one’s out of the mix, it’s just a question of hopefully them getting back and fit, playing cricket, and forcing the selectors to pick them again,” he added.

(With ANI inputs)