New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- 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.

Ignoring the directive to play Ranji Trophy, Iyer and Kishan failed to retain their places in the player contracts list unveiled by the apex cricket board of India. In the media advisory, the BCCI confirmed that Iyer and Kishan were the two pla...