India’s wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan is in excellent form. He was selected as the captain of Jharkhand team in Vijay Hazare Trophy and played a century of 125 runs against Karnataka in the first match. But the surprising thing is that despite being the captain, Ishaan is not playing in the match against Rajasthan. Actually, Ishaan has left the team and gone home, and the reason behind this is BCCI.

BCCI sent him home, but why?

Kumar Kushagra, who was captaining the Jharkhand team in the match against Rajasthan, broke his silence on Ishan Kishan not playing. When Kumar Kushagra came to the field for the toss, he told that the BCCI team has sent Ishan Kishan home for rest. Kushagra also gave a good news that Ishaan will join back with the team on January 2. This means Ishan Kishan will not play for Jharkhand in the next 2 matches against Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

Kumar Kushagra said, “The BCCI team has given rest to Ishan Kishan, due to which he has gone home. He will rejoin the team on January 2.”

Return to Team India after strong performance

Some time ago, BCCI had removed Ishan Kishan from the list of central contracts due to not playing domestic cricket. After that, Ishan Kishan was the highest run-scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He had scored 517 runs in 10 innings of that T20 tournament, which included 2 centuries and two half-centuries. Under Ishaan’s captaincy, Jharkhand also became the champion of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

On the basis of that strong performance, Ishan Kishan has got a place in the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. He has also maintained his good form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as he scored 125 runs in the very first match.

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Recently, Ishan Kishan has been in the news a lot due to his selection in the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. Kishan has returned to the Indian squad after a long time and the credit for this goes to his explosive performance in domestic cricket. He became the captain immediately after his selection in the World Cup squad. Actually, Ishan Kishan will be seen captaining the Jharkhand team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season starting from 24th December.

Ishan Kishan will be the captain of Jharkhand team for Vijay Hazare Trophy. Other wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Kushagra has been appointed vice-captain. Let us tell you that Ishan Kishan is in great form, he was the highest run-scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26. He scored 517 runs after playing 10 matches in the tournament. He also scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Jharkhand team has Anukul Roy, who is coming with 18 wickets in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Strong performance will be expected from him in Vijay Hazare Trophy also, because he can also bat strongly. Vice-captain Kumar Kushagra and Virat Singh are also running in great rhythm. Utkarsh Singh, Bala Krishna and Shubham Singh are also present in this team.

Jharkhand’s squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy: Ishan Kishan (captain), Kumar Kushagra (vice-captain), Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh, Robin Minz, Anukul Roy, Sharandeep Singh, Shikhar Mohan, Panjak Kumar, Bala Krishna, Mohammad Kunin Qureshi, Shubh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Manishi, Abhinav Sharan, Sushant Mishra, Vikas Singh, Saurabh Shekhar, Rajandeep Singh, Shubham Singh.

Vijay Hazare Trophy will start from 24th December and the final match will be played on 18th January. A total of 38 teams will participate in the tournament, among which a total of 135 matches will be played.

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