{"id":8896,"date":"2025-04-21T11:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=589760"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:01:08","slug":"ishan-kishan-returns-to-bcci-central-contract-list-but-only-in-grade-c-check-full-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ishan-kishan-returns-to-bcci-central-contract-list-but-only-in-grade-c-check-full-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Ishan Kishan returns to BCCI central contract list but only in Grade C \u2013 Check full details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of uncertainty over his standing in Indian cricket, <strong>Ishan Kishan has been reinstated in the BCCI\u2019s central contract list<\/strong> for the 2024\u201325 season. However, the comeback is with a catch\u2014Kishan has been slotted in <strong>Grade C<\/strong>, the lowest tier among the centrally contracted players.<\/p>\n<p>Kishan was <strong>excluded from last year\u2019s contract list<\/strong>, along with Shreyas Iyer, as the BCCI was displeased with their decision to skip domestic cricket despite being unavailable for the national team. The board had made it clear that players must participate in domestic tournaments if not on international duty.<\/p>\n<p>While Shreyas Iyer returned to the contract fold in <strong>Grade B<\/strong> following strong domestic and ICC tournament performances, <strong>Kishan\u2019s case has been viewed more cautiously<\/strong>. He has been placed in Grade C, alongside young and emerging players like Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, and Dhruv Jurel.<\/p>\n<p>Kishan\u2019s recent appearances in the IPL and his occasional national team outings might have influenced this partial reinstatement. However, the fact that he wasn\u2019t rewarded with a higher category reflects that <strong>the BCCI is still watching closely<\/strong>\u2014particularly his commitment to domestic cricket.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batter will now look to rebuild his standing within Indian cricket by making a stronger case through consistent performances and improved availability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This update is based on the BCCI\u2019s official central contract list for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of uncertainty over his standing in Indian cricket, Ishan Kishan has been reinstated in the BCCI\u2019s central contract\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[626],"class_list":["post-8896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-ishan-kishan"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}