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  • 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…”

  • With eye on home gamers’ livelihood, BCCI plans Ranji Trophy earlier than IPL

    The Ranji Trophy, India’s premier First-Class event, which couldn’t be carried out final 12 months because of the pandemic, will probably be held earlier than the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Indian board pays Rs 40,000 per day to the gamers for the four-day Ranji Trophy matches, which is the principle supply of revenue for greater than 800 home cricketers. The BCCI has additionally given the inexperienced sign to host ladies’s senior video games, however is but to determine whether or not to go forward with junior cricket this season.
    The Indian Express understands that in Sunday’s Apex Council assembly of the Indian cricket board, secretary Jay Shah sought suggestions from the members whether or not they most popular the 50-overs event Vijay Hazare Trophy or Ranji after the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 ends on January 31. It’s learnt that the Ranji Trophy might be a truncated affair, like the continued T20 competitors.
    The board has solely a two-month window to host its four-day competitors because it desires to start out the IPL in April. With greater than two lakh Covid-19 instances nonetheless lively within the nation, the BCCI should chalk out plans to stage the event safely.

    “The Apex Council had a discussion on the issue. And Jay bhai was of the view that players earn more in Ranji Trophy as compared to Syed Mushtaq Ali. The livelihoods of domestic cricketers depend on the four-day game. The operations team has been told to go ahead and make a concrete plan for the Ranji Trophy,” a BCCI official mentioned.
    With 38 groups enjoying in Indian home cricket, logistics and mobility might be a giant activity. The board had taken verbal suggestions from state associations and plenty of wished to host the T20 and 50-over competitions. However, it’s learnt that a couple of gamers requested Shah to host the Ranji Trophy as an alternative of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
    The dithering over junior cricket is because of the bio-bubble scenario because the board feels coping with it will likely be a harder activity for that age-group.