India, April 1 -- Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer, who was unceremoniously left out of the BCCI central contracts last year for not complying with the board's domestic cricket directive, is all set to be back in the revised annual contracts this year. Iyer, despite being one of India's top performers in the home ODI World Cup in 2023 and Kishan Kishan, a member of India's squad in all formats, were left not included in the contracts last year after both of them failed to turn up for their domestic sides Mumbai and Jharkhand, respectively.

"Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations," the BCCI said in an official statement.

While Iyer got his spot in the ...