The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeks to transition its rules about cricketers’ family access to international series tournaments. According to BCCI sources team players can seek unique permission from cricket authorities to extend their family stays during international competitions. Through his comments at the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit, Virat Kohli set the stage for possible changes to Indian cricket family accommodation policies for international tours.
According to ESPNCricinfo Kohli highlighted during a Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit that no player prefers remaining alone and moping after tour disappointments. Sports athletes experience numerous psychological struggles due to lengthy trips when their family is absent.
Virat said as quoted by ESPNCricinfo, “It is very difficult to explain to people how grounding it is to just come back to your family every time you have something intense, which happens on the outside.”
“I do not think people have an understanding of what value it brings to a large extent. And I feel quite disappointed about that because it is like people who have no control over what is going on are kind of brought into conversations and put out at the forefront that, ‘oh, maybe they need to be kept away‘,” he added.
“Like, there could be different situations happening in your life all the time. And that allows you to be absolutely normal. Not in a vague sense, but in a very real way that you finish your commitment, your responsibility, and then you come back to your house, you are with family, and there’s absolutely normalcy in your house and normal family life goes on. So, for me, that is absolutely a day of immense pleasure. And I would not miss any opportunities to go out and spend time with my family whenever I can,” he concluded.
