The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stands firm with the newly-established policy that senior cricketers have expressed concern about their family policies on overseas tours despite the opposition.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia explained during his The Times of India discussion on Wednesday that Board policy has existed before it became officially implemented.
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“If you ask any player, do you want your family to be around you all the time? You’ll be like, yes. I don’t want to go to my room and just sit alone and sulk. I want to be able to be normal. And then you can really treat your game as something that is a responsibility. You finish that responsibility, and you come back to life,” former India captain Virat Kohli said in Bengaluru recently.
“Saikia also asserted that India’s contracted players will have to play in domestic cricket as and when they are available for them. “There’s another important point that we’ve added in our guidelines. All the players, when they are available, have to play in domestic tournaments. If any player wants to skip or avoid playing in any tournament or match in the domestic circuit, they have to take the approval of the (India) head coach (Gautam Gambhir) and the chairman of the selection committee (Ajit Agarkar). This has been done so that all the young players get a chance to play with the seniors. It will help the senior players in keeping in touch with the game, if they are not playing international matches,” the BCCI secretary said.
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The Board Control for Cricket in India established their ten-point Standard Operating Procedures after the Australian Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended with a 3-1 victory for Australia. According to the new policy members of the Indian contingent can now bring their spouse as well as their children below the age of 18 to accompany them after tours exceeding 45 days for a period of two weeks. The policy started being used throughout the Champions Trophy tournament that concluded recently. Senior members of the Indian cricket team have shown unfavorable opinions about this new policy.
