The Indian home cricket season 2024-25 will start with the Duleep Trophy on September 5, the BCCI introduced on Thursday. The BCCI unveiled the fixtures for 2024-25, which have been deliberate considering a number of components to fortify the core of home cricket whereas prioritising participant well-being. The season will start with the Duleep Trophy. 4 groups chosen by the senior males’s choice committee will compete within the Duleep Trophy, beginning in Anantapur from September 5. This can be adopted by the Irani Cup and the Ranji Trophy, that includes the primary 5 league matches.
That can be adopted by the the white-ball tournaments, starting with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after which the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The Ranji Trophy will then resume with the ultimate two league matches, culminating within the knockout levels.
Whereas scheduling the home season, the BCCI has given precedence to participant well-being, ladies’s cricket and different necessary tournaments.
“To prioritize participant welfare, an prolonged hole between matches has been integrated, guaranteeing ample time for restoration and sustained peak efficiency,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in an announcement.
“All Ladies’s challenger tournaments, spanning one-day, T20, and Multi-Day codecs, will witness groups chosen by the nationwide selectors.” Apart from, the CK Nayudu Trophy will witness a revamped factors system geared toward getting balanced performances. This contains the attribution of factors for batting and bowling prowess within the first innings, alongside factors for securing the primary innings lead or attaining an outright victory.
“An intensive evaluate can be performed post-season to guage the efficacy of the brand new factors system, with a possible implementation within the Ranji Trophy for subsequent seasons,” Shah stated.
In a landmark transfer, the toss can be abolished for the CK Nayudu Trophy matches.
As an alternative, the visiting staff can be given the privilege to elect whether or not to bat or bowl first.
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