Sourav Ganguly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, said that the board is wanting to continue homegrown cricket in the nation around January 1, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has ensured that no homegrown competition can be facilitated in India in 2020 because of the rising number of cases throughout the most recent couple of months.
Notwithstanding, Sourav Ganguly and the world’s most extravagant cricket board need to begin the up and coming year with a positive attitude. Sourav, additionally a previous Indian captain, implied that January-March may be focused in on as a window for the up and coming version of the Ranji Trophy.
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“We have had broad conversations on homegrown cricket and we have probably chosen to begin the rivalries from January 1, 2021,” Sourav Ganguly was cited as saying in TOI.
“We will positively have the undeniable Ranji Trophy red-ball competition. It will most likely not be conceivable to hold all competitions,” he expressed.
Be that as it may, so as to limit the issues of movement in the pandemic, the matches are probably going to be held in four unique habitats. Puducherry has been pondered as one of the settings to have most games. The BCCI is additionally taking a gander at Bangalore and Dharamsala as two different settings for the competition.
“Puducherry has six grounds and has offered to have. It can have the Plate Group games while different Groups can play in three unique communities. The principle rationale is to limit travel for players.
“Bangalore additionally has a great deal of grounds so it tends to be one alternative and another choice can be Dharamsala which has Bilaspur and Nadaun in its nearness,” a BCCI official referenced.
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Meanwhile, Sourav Ganguly likewise discussed the arrival of ladies’ cricket and other age-bunch cricket among March and April.
“We likewise have expound plans for our age gathering and ladies’ cricket. We will begin with the Ranji Trophy and afterward we will likewise have different competitions among March and April,” Sourav Ganguly said.
The Indian cricketers got back to the field following seven months with the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The ladies’ cricketers will likewise be continuing activity with the Women’s T20 Challenge in November.