Tag: BCCI Duleep Trophy

  • State associations to nominate zonal panels to choose Duleep Trophy groups

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to all state models concerning the appointment of zonal choice committees that may choose groups for the Duleep Trophy. The new structure of the BCCI doesn’t permit its nationwide selectors to choose zonal groups and that activity has been handed to zonal panels.

    The Indian board has determined to stage the Duleep Trophy from September 8 to 25 this yr. As per a BCCI round, the event might be performed on a knockout foundation and state associations might be divided zonally.

    “All respective zones are requested to appoint a Zonal Selection Committee comprising one selector from each state. This Zonal Selection Committee will pick a 15- member squad for the tournament. Further, all zones are also requested to nominate a Zonal Convener who will oversee proceedings and report to the Board,” Abey Kuruvilla, Game Development Manager of the BCCI, knowledgeable all state models.

    The Zonal Conveners may also nominate their help employees together with coach, physio, coach, efficiency analyst, masseur and supervisor.

    “All Zonal Conveners are requested to conduct their respective selection committee meetings and submit the squad, including players and support staff, as per above guidelines on or before Friday, 26th August 2022.”

    The Duleep Trophy might be staged in Tamil Nadu this yr with a couple of new venues in Coimbatore, Salem and Chennai internet hosting video games.

    Rahane more likely to lead West Zone

    India middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane is more likely to lead West Zone within the Duleep Trophy, with the group more likely to be picked in Mumbai on August 26.

    Rahane tore his hamstring throughout the Indian Premier League this season whereas enjoying for Kolkata Knight Riders. He suffered the harm throughout KKR’s final contest, in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 14 on the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium in Pune. Rahane later underwent rehabilitation on the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. He resumed batting a couple of weeks in the past and is predicted to be match-fit quickly.

    Tare out of white-ball reckoning

    The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has introduced a 47-player record for its senior low season camp, and it doesn’t embody Aditya Tare. Chairman of the choice committee Salil Ankola knowledgeable that the selectors had already spoken to Tare and knowledgeable him of their intention of making an attempt out children.

    “We have told him what we are thinking and what our plan is. I had spoken to him during the Ranji Trophy knockout stage and informed him that we wanted to groom youngsters in white-ball cricket,” Ankola mentioned.

    However, the chief selector mentioned Tare’s exclusion from the low season camp pertained solely to white-ball cricket, and the wicketkeeper-batsman might be within the scheme of issues when red-ball cricket begins later this yr.

  • BCCI mulling to restart Duleep Trophy, Irani Cup; full Ranji season additionally on playing cards

    The BCCI is mulling to restart the celebrated Duleep Trophy and the Irani Cup, whereas a full Ranji Trophy season can also be on the playing cards for the upcoming home season. The Duleep Trophy and the Irani Cup haven’t taken place for no less than three seasons, whereas the BCCI needed to cancel the Ranji Trophy for the primary time in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Last season, BCCI held a curtailed Ranji Trophy season.

    The BCCI Apex Council on Thursday mentioned varied choices for the 2022-23 season with Board President Sourav Ganguly saying {that a} full home season will happen in 2022-23. The Board is mulling to begin the lads’s senior season with the Duleep Trophy, which is prone to be performed from September 8. It can also be contemplating to host the Irani Cup from October 1-5.

    Earlier, the Duleep Trophy was contested between 5 zones on a knockout foundation however later it turned a 3 group affair with the highest two sides advancing to the ultimate after the round-robin format. In Irani Cup, the present Ranji Trophy champions tackle the Rest of India squad.

    The choices to host Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Ranji Trophy have been additionally mentioned.
    While the Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) may happen from October 11, the Vijay Hazare Trophy (the ODI format) is predicted to happen from November 12.

    The Ranji Trophy may begin from December 13, whereas its knockout matches may very well be performed from February 1.
    According to one of many codecs mentioned through the assembly, there may very well be 4 teams of Eight Elite groups and one group of six plate groups in Ranji Trophy.

    Thus every group would get to play no less than seven matches like earlier occasions within the Group stage. In order to win Ranji Trophy, a group might want to play a minimal of 10 matches which makes the event extra aggressive. Ganguly stated the ladies’s U-16 class could be launched by the Board from the upcoming season.