BCCI ready to give Ishan Kishan a chance to return to the Indian team

Sports: Months after missing out on the national team and being dropped from the central contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in early February, Ishan Kishan is most likely to return to the field. Ahead of the Bangladesh Test series in September, Kishan may get a golden opportunity to make a comeback in the Indian team. Kishan’s last Test appearance: Kishan was last part of the Test squad during India’s tour of South Africa in December 2023. He was expected to play domestic cricket during his time away from the national team, but Kishan was absent from the Ranji Trophy matches of his state team, Jharkhand. The then India head coach Rahul Dravid had mentioned that he needed to play some kind of cricket to regain his place in the Indian team, but Kishan ignored it.

Kishan agrees to BCCI norms:

According to a Cricbuzz report, Kishan has made himself available for the upcoming domestic season as the national selectors have advised him to. The Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) has already included him in the list of 25 pre-season probables. The development comes a few weeks after BCCI secretary Jay Shah directed all available players to play for their respective states if not in the national team for the tournament scheduled to begin on August 15 in Chennai, reports News18. On Monday, The Indian Express published a report stating that the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee might pick Ishan for the Duleep Trophy, which begins on September 5 and ends on September 24. Senior players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and others will play in that trophy and from this, the selection committee will pick the 15-member squad for the Test series against Bangladesh.