“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 IPLfranchises. 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. “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,” a senior official of the BCCI advised TOI on Friday, after a gathering of the Apex Council right here.
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 boys’s ICC ODI World Cup from October 5-November 19, the BCCI will area 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 have been absent.
Concern expressed on Impact Player rule in Mushtaq Ali
TOI has learnt that a couple of members through the Apex Council assembly expressed concern about utilizing the Impact Player rule within the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, as it isn’t getting used on the worldwide stage. After some deliberation, it was determined that the IPL-version of the Impact Player Rule can be used within the SMAT, which can start from October 16, on an “experimental basis.”
The Impact Player was launched in SMAT final season however it needed to be introduced earlier than the top of the 14th over and needed to be named earlier than the toss.
However, like IPL, the groups can be allowed to call 4 substitutes in addition to the taking part in eleven earlier than the toss. Out of the 4 substitutes, just one can be utilized as an Impact Player.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com