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The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made it clear that it received’t tweak the newly-implemented pointers, together with the 14-day cap on household travelling with the gamers on abroad excursions.
Below the brand new coverage, spouses and youngsters (aged beneath 18) are allowed to accompany the members of the Indian contingent for as much as two weeks if the tour lasts greater than 45 days. This coverage was experimented throughout the current Champions Trophy.
Indian cricket crew’s Virat Kohli celebrates together with his spouse Anushka Sharma after India received towards New Zealand within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 closing cricket match, in Dubai, UAE.
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Indian cricket crew’s Virat Kohli celebrates together with his spouse Anushka Sharma after India received towards New Zealand within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 closing cricket match, in Dubai, UAE.
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Nevertheless, in a current conclave, former India captain and star batter Virat Kohli sparked debate, saying, “If you ask any player, do you want your family to be around you all the time? You’ll be like, yes. I don’t want to go to my room and just sit alone and sulk. I want to be able to be normal. And then you can really treat your game as something that is a responsibility. You finish that responsibility, and you come back to life…”
Nevertheless, talking to Sportstar, the BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia clarified that the Board is in no temper to chill out the foundations. “The rules were implemented after rounds of discussions with the people who are at the helm of affairs,” Saikia stated.
“This policy has not been formulated overnight as it was in place for the past couple of decades, dating back to the playing days of our president, Roger Binny and maybe earlier thereto,” he added.
Till early 2020, the BCCI had the coverage of permitting households for a particular time interval throughout abroad excursions. Nevertheless, the coverage was amended throughout the COVID-19 when worldwide cricket resumed in a bio-bubble mannequin. Maintaining the psychological well being of gamers in thoughts, the BCCI had then allowed the households to accompany the gamers till the completion of the tour. That continued until the Australia collection.
“The new policy is an amendment of earlier one with some additions relating to presence of players practice sessions, during the course of the match, tours, unison in team movements and other ancillary activities with an objective to achieve team cohesion and unity,” Saikia stated.
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“In fact, under the new policy, BCCI has enhanced the duration of the period of stay of the family members with players during an overseas tour with a handle for relaxation of the norms under special circumstances, however, through a process,” he added.
In case a participant or member of the workers wants any leisure, he must take mandatory approval from the pinnacle coach after which the Board can take up the matter.
“While the policy applies uniformly to all members of the team — players, coaches, manager, support staff and all other members of the team— and has been notified and implemented considering everyone’s best interests, the BCCI acknowledges that there may be some resentment or difference of opinions, as in a democratic setup, people are entitled to express their views,” Saikia stated.
Mumbai batter Rohit Sharma throughout the observe session earlier than Mumbai vs J&Ok Ranji Trophy Match at MCA BKC in Mumbai.
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Mumbai batter Rohit Sharma throughout the observe session earlier than Mumbai vs J&Ok Ranji Trophy Match at MCA BKC in Mumbai.
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“At this stage, the current policy will remain intact without any change, as it is of paramount importance for the nation and our institution — BCCI…”
As per the brand new guidelines, all of the gamers have to play home cricket when not on nationwide responsibility in a bid to be eligible for choice into the nationwide crew. “But in case, a player has a genuine problem, then he must follow the protocol and take approvals from the chairman of selectors and the head coach citing genuine reasons, and if they accept the request, only then the players can be exempted from featuring in the domestic tournament,” Saikia stated, making it clear that the Board is ‘very particular’ about it.
Nitin Patel’s prolonged contract to finish on March 31
The BCCI secretary additionally clarified that Nitin Patel, the pinnacle of sports activities science on the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, didn’t resign, however is on a three-month extension after his contract formally ended on December 31, 2024.
“We met him in Mumbai and requested him to continue and that’s why he was given a three-month extension. On March 31, his extension will also be over, and thereafter, we will be looking at a replacement for him,” Saikia instructed this publication.
Reviews had earlier claimed that Patel had resigned. “That’s not true,” Saikia added.
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