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Shreyas Iyer was earlier dropped from BCCI's central contracts, along with Ishan Kishan, due to his apparent reluctance to play in the Ranji Trophy. However, Iyer has consistently stated that a recurring lower back issue kept him out, even though he did participate in the Ranji Trophy final, scoring around 90 runs.