Reports | BCCI orders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma to skip Ranji matches

The members of the Indian Test squad, apart from the players in the India A team in New Zealand and the T20I team in Australia, will leave on November 24 for Australia while the third round of Ranji Trophy will be getting over on November 23. As per a report in TOI, the board wants spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and pacers Ishant Sharma to skip the next round of India’s premier domestic championship. The board has only allowed Mohammed Shami to play for Bengal with a condition that he is allowed to bowl only 15 overs at max on a day. 

According to the report, DDCA wanted Ishant Sharma in the team for their next match against Hyderabad but the national body has asked DDCA not to include the pacer in the side for Ranji tie.

"Ishant and Ashwin are experienced bowlers and they need to be preserved. Shami wanted some game time but Ishant is looked at someone who has to do a lot of bowling in Australia," a BCCI official told TOI.

The Indian team management has decided to play a four-day first-class game before the four-match Test series starting from December 6 in Adelaide. So, the bowlers will get more time on the field as they haven’t played too much cricket in recent days. Ishant played a Ranji game against Himachal at the Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi while Ashwin played a game in the same tournament against Madhya Pradesh after playing a couple of 50-over games in Deodhar Trophy last month.