BCCI promises live telecast of Duleep Trophy final amid fans backlash | Cricket News – The Times of India

Bengaluru: Central Zone’s captain Rajat Patidar and Shubham Sharma on day three of a Duleep Trophy 2025 quarterfinal cricket match between Central Zone and North East Zone. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

Mumbai: Under hearth on social media from fans because of the lack of live protection of the quarterfinals of the continued Duleep Trophy at its Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru, the BCCI has clarified that it’s going to telecast the final of one of the premier home tournaments live. The summit conflict of the Duleep Trophy shall be performed from Sept 11-15 on the BCCI’s CEG Ground in CoE. “There will be a live telecast of the final of the Duleep Trophy. We have an agreement with our broadcaster to ensure live telecast of 100 days of domestic cricket, which means that all our domestic tournaments are covered live. The BCCI gives utmost importance to domestic cricket, which is why you will see that almost all the India players are in action in these matches,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia informed TOI on Sunday. Deprived of any cricketing motion for nearly a month for the reason that final India versus England Test concluded on Aug 4, India’s cricket fans had been “frustrated and disappointed” and vented their ire in opposition to the BCCI on social media when there was no live protection of the season’s opening home match, the Duleep Trophy. It kicked off with two quarterfinal matches being performed concurrently from Thursday, with North Zone taking part in in opposition to East Zone, whereas Central Zone took on North East Zone. This version of the distinguished Duleep Trophy, which options a number of India gamers, marks the return to the normal zonal format after final yr’s change to India A, B, C and D groups. The match may even be the primary the place the BCCI trials its ‘serious substitution rule’.Fans have thus been disadvantaged of watching some effective particular person performances by Auqib Nabi (5 for 28 in 10.1 overs), Jharkhand left-arm spinner Manishi (six for 111 in 22.2 overs), Ankit Kumar (198), Yash Dhull (133), and Ayush Badoni (150 not out) within the North Zone versus East Zone quarterfinal.

Danish Malewar (203), Rajat Patidar (125 & 66), Shubham Sharma (122), and Yash Rathod (87 not out & 78) within the Central Zone versus North East Zone quarterfinal. Another spotlight was India’s veteran pacer Mohammed Shami’s return to motion — Shami took 1-100 in 23 overs and 0-36 in 11 overs.The BCCI secretary’s assertion might go away fans, already upset on the Duleep Trophy blackout thus far, much more disenchanted as they’ll miss watching the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan in motion once they end up for West Zone within the Duleep Trophy semifinal on the CoE from Sept 4. In sharp distinction, final season, all of the Duleep Trophy matches, which had been held in Anantapur and Bengaluru, had been telecast live.