BCCI has also implemented the suggestions given by the technical committee led by Anil Kumble
The Duleep Trophy inter-zonal competition, an annual event for over five decades, has been given a break owing to packed international and domestic calendar.
Mumbai: Keeping in mind the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in India in March-April next year, BCCI has revised the domestic calendar. The Duleep Trophy inter-zonal competition, an annual event for over five decades, has been given a break owing to packed international and domestic calendar.
The BCCI has also implemented the suggestions given by the technical committee led by Anil Kumble. The Deodhar trophy will be played on a three-team format which comprises of the champion team of the Vijay Hazare (one-day) tournament and two other teams which will be selected by the senior national selectors. Earlier, it was zonal event.
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20 championship) has been advanced to January. The senior men one-dayers and the T20 tournaments will be played on a Group basis (like Ranji Trophy) and not on Intra Zonal basis. Being the first time, the teams have been divided into four groups and these groups have been made based on the last year’s performance in the respective tournaments.
The revised domestic schedule will result in a two-month gap between the league and knockout stages of the Ranji Trophy. Also, the senior domestic season will conclude with the Irani Cup from March 6 to 10, almost a month before last year owing to the World Twenty20, which is set to begin on March 11.
This year BCCI will conduct more than 900 matches in the span of six months starting from October 2015. This will translate into 2100 playing days of cricket that includes, senior domestic tournaments, junior domestic tournaments and women’s cricket.
A new Under 19 Challenger tournament has been introduced in the Junior level this year which will feature three teams selected by the Junior National Selectors and provide yet another opportunity to all the players to perform, before the National squad is selected for the Under 19 World Cup, to be played in Bangladesh in January.
An inter-state and then inter-zonal one-day Under 23 tournament and a three-day senior women inter-zonal tournament has been introduced for women cricketers. “This year we have restructured the domestic schedule based on our international commitments and ensure that all our players will get an opportunity to participate and perform, thereby improving their chances of being selected for our National teams,” BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur stated.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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