Jay Shah had a lengthy conversation with the MI star a few weeks after the BCCI rejected his contract, and his elegant gesture towards Ishan Kishan went viral.

Ishan Kishan was contacted by Jay Shah Dafabet Official, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), following the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) unexpected loss to the Gujarat Titans (GT) in Sunday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.

On matchday five of the IPL 2024, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, veteran spinner Umesh Yadav overcame MI captain Hardik Pandya in a tense clash that ended in an exciting final-over thriller for the 2022 champions.

Shah was observed having a lengthy conversation with MI batsman and wicketkeeper Kishan following the game. Shah attended the 2024 Indian Premier League match between GT and MI. Kishan and Shah shook hands, said hello, and talked about the game.

IPL fans were drawn to the brief social media exchange between the MI gloveman and the BCCI secretary. In the run-up to the IPL 2024, Kishan returned to competitive cricket after being dropped by the Rummy.

Out-of-date Kishan and KR captain Shreyas Iyer were taken off the BCCI’s central contracts list for refusing to participate in the Ranji Trophy against the board’s orders.

BCCI secretary Shah allegedly warned centrally contracted players not to put the IPL ahead of local cricket since doing so may have disastrous consequences. Before the 2024 Indian Premier League, Kishan’s contract with the BCCI was canceled due to his lack of participation for Jharkhand during the Ranji season.

Kishan, the opening player for the Mumbai Indians, had a lot to prove in the team’s recently finished match against the Gujarat Titans. But Kishan had a terrible start to the latest IPL season.

In the fifth IPL 2024 match, Betway Login was dismissed by GT’s Azmatullah Omarzai for a four-ball duck. Notably, Iyer, Kishan’s former India teammate, also scored a duck in his first IPL 2024 game.