India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan will lead Jharkhand in the forthcoming Buchi Babu Trophy in Tamil Nadu, according to Espncricinfo.
Buchi Babu Trophy is a long-format cricket tournament that will kick off on August 15. Earlier, Kishan was not a part of Jharkhand’s squad, however, he will join the side in Chennai on Wednesday, according to the report.
It will be the step for the 26-year-old’s first step to make a comeback in first-class cricket before being added to the India squad for the upcoming Test series.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Kishan was drafted to the Buchi Babu Trophy when he asked the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA). “With Ishan, it was never about ability. It was only about whether he was ready to return. The decision was with him. When he was not included in the initial list, it was only because we hadn’t heard from him. The moment he expressed his keenness to return, he was drafted in,” a JSCA official was quoted by ESPNcricinfo as saying.
It has been a turbulent year for Kishan in terms of his career. Earlier this year, along with Shreyas Iyer, Kishan was excluded from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) central contracts.
Kishan skipped Ranji Trophy matches recently despite not featuring for the national team. He was a part of the Indian squad for the South Africa Test series squad last year but pulled out due to ‘personal reasons’. He last played a T20I for India in November last year, sitting out Ranji matches featuring Jharkhand.
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