The Duleep Trophy is ready to be reinstated to its zonal format beginning subsequent 12 months. The 93rd Annual Basic Assembly of the Board of Management for Cricket in India is known to have had a protracted dialogue over the problem earlier than deciding to maneuver away from this 12 months’s experiment.
“Numerous members addressed the necessity to preserve the aggressive nature than just about changing Duleep Trophy into exhibition video games with mix-and-match groups,” a member who attended the AGM on Sunday, instructed The Hindu. “After listening to the home patiently, the secretary (Jay Shah) promised that the standard zonal format shall be reverted to beginning subsequent season.”
Primarily based on the suggestions of a working group consisting then head coach Rahul Dravid, chief selector Ajit Agarkar, NCA head VVS Laxman and Abey Kuruvilla – common supervisor, operations, the BCCI hosted the Duleep Trophy with 4 groups chosen by 4 groups. The experiment is ready to be performed away beginning subsequent season.
The AGM, in the meantime, authorised office-bearers to finalise BCCI’s consultant for the Worldwide Cricket Council’s conferences as an ICC Director. With Shah set to take over because the ICC chair on December 1, a brand new ICC consultant should be chosen.
Whereas the BCCI media assertion didn’t lament these two facets, the assertion, signed by Shah, confirmed {that a} decision was handed “to take care of BCCI’s authorized standing as a society. The members additional resolved that the tournaments of the BCCI, together with IPL, shall not be transformed to an organization.”
Printed – September 29, 2024 08:24 pm IST
