No Ranji Trophy this season, BCCI opts for 50-over Vijay Hazare

The Ranji Trophy gained’t be held in the course of the truncated 2020-21 season, as a substitute the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has determined to conduct the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy and the senior girls’s One-day event.
In a letter to state associations on Friday, BCCI secretary Jay Shah whereas highlighting the time misplaced due to the pandemic, wrote, “it is extremely important for us to ensure that women’s cricket takes place and I am extremely happy to inform you that we are going to conduct the Senior Women’s One day tournament simultaneously with the Vijay Hazare Trophy and follow it up with Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under 19. This has been decided after having received your feedback on the domestic season 2020-21.”
However, the BCCI has determined to compensate home gamers for the match charges they’d have earned in the course of the Ranji Trophy, roughly Rs 45000 a day.
It is learnt that Vijay Hazare will likely be performed alongside the strains of the on-going Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy — in six designated bio bubbles. The venues will likely be finalised subsequent week and the groups will enter the bio-bubble within the first week of February.The event is predicted to run for a month. The BCCI is operating in need of time as a result of the Indian Premier League might begin by the tip of March, which suggests home gamers, who’re a part of the groups, must be out there to play within the T20 league.
The BCCI had consulted the state cricket associations about which home tournaments to conduct within the pandemic-affected season. A majority of them had been in favour of the 50-over format over the four-day Ranji Trophy.
In the letter to the state associations, Shah wrote, “The pandemic has tested each and every one of us and there is no life that has remain untouched by it, and while it has been difficult, your support has meant that we have been able to resume both domestic and international cricket in the men’s category. As you are aware, we have lost a lot of time and consequently, it has been difficult to plan the cricket calender…”