CAB enforces BCCI’s new policy as team travels by team bus as part of the new 10-point guidelines issued recently.
CAB becomes the first domestic board to ensure the 10-point BCCI guidelines issued recently.
According to a PTI report, the different state associations hosting the India-England matches in the upcoming weeks have received the BCCI’s ten-point strategy paper for the senior men’s squad. After hosting England for five Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), India will begin with the first T20I at Eden Gardens on January 22.
On Sunday, the first day of training at Eden Gardens, Snehasish Ganguly, president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), affirmed that his organisation had prepared the Indian team’s training in compliance with the policy guidelines.
“In keeping with the BCCI’s 10-point guidelines for players, the Cricket Association of Bengal has not arranged any separate means of conveyance [for individual players],” Ganguly was quoted as saying by PTI. “Only a team bus has been arranged for the Indian team. There won’t be any personal vehicles for the cricketers.
“We have to follow the guidelines, which clearly state that all players are expected to travel with the team to and from matches and practice sessions.”
Following a review meeting to discuss India’s recent dismal performance in Test cricket, the BCCI raised several concerns this past week, including the team bus that transports the entire squad to and from practices and games. The meeting was attended by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar, Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma, and head coach Gautam Gambhir.
According to the document, all players would have to wait until the end of the training session or game before leaving the field, and a player would need a “pre-approved” nod from the head coach or head selector to travel apart from the rest of the squad to training or games.
Another concern was that players should be required to play domestic cricket. When the Champions Trophy team was being announced on Saturday, Rohit had discussed this at a news conference in Mumbai. Agarkar had stated during the same news conference that “you have some rules in place and when you’re playing for the national team you just follow those rules” rather than that the new policies were a “diktat” or “punishment.”