Kohli, Rohit's Ranji absence raised by World Cup winner as Kishan, Iyer punished: 'Just to penalise the two not correct'

The 1983 World Cup winner feels even Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should go back to playing Ranji Trophy games. Premier batters Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were dropped from the Annual Player Contracts list for 2023-2024 shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. While India's trio of KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj joined superstars Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya in the A grade, veterans Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja retained their places in the top bracket for the remainder of the season.