“The BCCI’s new media rights deal (for bilateral matches in India) will be in place by August-end. It will start with the eight-match series against Australia (3 ODIs before the ODI World Cup & 5 T20Is after the WC)” Shah mentioned.
Meanwhile, India’s quick ODI collection towards Afghanistan, which was postponed from its June-end date, will now be held in January, he knowledgeable.
Women’s head coach to be named earlier than Asiad
Shah mentioned that though the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee “had recommended a name for the post of head coach of the Indian women’s team, the Board will conduct interviews for the post of batting, bowling and fielding coaches of the India women’s team, and then announce the names of the entire support staff of the side, before the Asian Games in September.”
Apparently, the CAC has beneficial Muzumdar’s identify for the Indian ladies’s group head coach put up. However, Nooshin Al Khadeer is the interim coach of the Indian ladies’s group for the Bangladesh tour.
‘Policy for retired gamers in abroad leagues in a month’
The Apex Council left it to the office-bearers to determine on the coverage of participation of India’s retired gamers’ in abroad T20 leagues. “We’ll come out with a policy in a month’s time to prevent the trend of predetermined retirements (of the players),” Shah mentioned.
“The BCCI is a bit worried that many Indian players will retire early to play in the various lucrative T20 leagues abroad, especially as many teams in these leagues are owned by IPL franchises. Hence, there’s a thought being given to perhaps introduce a cooling-off period. However, there are many factors that have to be considered before the present policy of allowing retired players to play in overseas T20 leagues can be altered. Let’s see what call the BCCI takes ultimately,” a supply within the Board advised TOI.
Ambati Rayudu will play for Texas Super Kings (TSK) franchise in Major League Cricket within the US, whereas Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan performed for Dubai Capitals in ILT20 in UAE.
BCCI to ship groups for Asian Games for the primary time
For the primary time ever of their sporting historical past, India will take part within the cricket competitors of the Asian Games. “We are going to participate in the Asian Games. The Apex Council has approved the participation of our men and women’s teams,” Shah mentioned. “The BCCI will send a men’s and women’s team for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, in September-October. Hopefully, we’ll win a gold medal in both the categories,” mentioned a senior official of the BCCI.
The BCCI has taken the choice to take part in cricket on the Asiad after being directed to take action by the federal government of India. As per merchandise No 4 of the agenda (TOI has a replica) circulated amongst the Apex Council members, “the government of India has approached the BCCI with a direction to send both the men’s and women’s cricket teams to represent India in the upcoming Asian Games, which will be held in China.”
“The cricket competition of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 will be held from September 19 to October 8 at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeld Cricket Field. The men’s competition will be played from September 28 to October 8, while the women’s event will be held from September 19-28,” mentions the observe.
With the competitors coinciding with India internet hosting the lads’s ICC ODI World Cup from October 5-November 19, the BCCI will discipline a second-string Indian group within the males’s competitors. Former India batting nice and National Cricket Academy chairman VVS Laxman is more likely to be the pinnacle coach of the India males’s group for Asiad.
Cricket has been performed solely thrice within the Asian Games history-when it was performed in Incheon in 2014, India had been absent.
Concern expressed on Impact Player rule in Mushtaq Ali
TOI has learnt that a couple of members throughout the Apex Council assembly expressed concern about utilizing the Impact Player rule within the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, as it is not getting used on the worldwide degree. After some deliberation, it was determined that the IPL-version of the Impact Player Rule shall be used within the SMAT, which can start from October 16, on an “experimental basis.”
‘Fitness yardsticks necessary for all gamers’
The BCCI has determined to make sure health yardsticks necessary for all of the gamers within the Indian males’s and ladies’s groups. “A couple of players in the Indian women’s team were dropped for the Bangladesh tour as they failed to fulfil the fitness criteria. The Board is going to be strict on that front,” a supply advised TOI.
Board to launch hunt for bowlers
It’s learnt that the BCCI will launch a country-wide hunt to find bowlers. The expertise hunt, for bowlers between the age of 18-23 shall be supervised by coaches of the Board’s National Cricket Academy. “It was felt that we need to have bench strength in the bowling department to win Tests, hence the need for this move,” mentioned a supply.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com