Dhumal will be a member of the chief executives’ committee. More significantly, Shah will also be a member of the F&CA and is prepared to succeed Ross McCollum Dubai: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah will add another feather to his cap as he is slated to head the influential Finance and... The post appeared first on .

Dhumal will be a member of the chief executives’ committee. More significantly, Shah will also be a member of the F&CA and is prepared to succeed Ross McCollum Dubai: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah will add another feather to his cap as he is slated to head the influential Finance and... The post appeared first on .

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The former India cricket captain also stated that the new office bearers of BCCI will take the Indian Cricket governing council forward.

Former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Roger Binny is likely to be the next BCCI President replacing Sourav Ganguly while BJP MLA Ashish Shelar is likely to be the Treasurer replacing Arun Dhumal as per sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI Former head coach Ravi Shastri on Friday said that Indian cricket would become spineless if the Ranji Trophy is ignored his comment coming just before the BCCI announced that the marquee domestic event will be held in two phases starting next month The Ranji Trophy was scheduled to start on January 13 this year but was postponed indefinitely by the BCCI due to the third wave of the pandemic The Ranji Trophy is the backbone of Indian cricket The moment you start ignoring it our cricket will be SPINELESS Shastri tweeted Just about a hour after Shastris comment BCCI secretary Jay Shah issued a statement confirming the phased resumption of the tournament The Board has decided to conduct the Ranji Trophy this season in two phases In the first phase we plan to complete all matches of the league stage while the knockouts will be held in June Shah said in a statement It is expected that the 38-team tournament will begin in the second week of February and the first phase will continue for about a month BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal after a meeting of the Board on Thursday had said that the body intends to hold the tournament in two phases This is because the BCCI is planning to start the IPL from March 27 and it will be practically impossible to hold the Ranji Trophy at a stretch Dhumal had said this after many state units and the BCCI brass held a meeting to discuss the way forward The meeting was also attended by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and Shah The pandemic had played spoilsport last season as well when the BCCI could only organise two mens white-ball tournaments Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The BCCI paid 50 per cent of the earlier match fee as compensation to all first-class cricketers who endured financial losses due to Ranjis cancellation last year PTI AT PM PM PM

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI Former head coach Ravi Shastri on Friday said that Indian cricket would become spineless if the currently postponed Ranji Trophy is ignored his comment coming as the BCCI grapples with scheduling the premier domestic event that could not be held last season due to COVID-19 The Ranji Trophy was scheduled to start on January 13 this year but was postponed indefinitely by the BCCI due to the third wave of the pandemic The Ranji Trophy is the backbone of Indian cricket The moment you start ignoring it our cricket will be SPINELESS Shastri tweeted BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal after a meeting of the Board on Thursday said that the body intend to hold the marquee domestic tournament in two phases This is because the BCCI is planning to start the IPL from March 27 and it will be practically impossible to hold the Ranji Trophy at a stretch Dhumal had said this after many state units and the BCCI brass held a meeting to discuss the way forward The meeting was also attended by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah As of now the plan is to hold the league phase for a month starting in February till March and then have the next phase in June-July when the monsoon starts in a lot of parts of the country with peak summer in some other parts The operations team will work out the logistics and factor in the weather venue availability as well as availability of players We are very keen to organise the tournament and that is why we are exploring all possibilities to stage it without compromising players safety Dhumal added The pandemic had played spoilsport last season as well when the BCCI could only organise two mens white-ball tournaments Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The BCCI paid 50 per cent of the earlier match fee as compensation to all first-class cricketers who endured financial losses due to Ranjis cancellation last year If it is not held this year it will severely affect the BCCIs feeder line like the India A team which is primarily selected on the basis of Rani Trophy performances PTI AT PM PM

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI BCCI Secretary Jay Shah on Friday said that the postponed Ranji Trophy will be held in two phases starting next month clearing the decks for Indias premier domestic competition to resume after being cancelled last season It is expected that the 33-team tournament will begin in the second week of February and the first phase will continue for about a month The tournament which was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic was scheduled to begin on January 13 but was postponed owing to a third waveof infections across the country The Board has decided to conduct the Ranji Trophy this season in two phases In the first phase we plan to complete all matches of the league stage while the knockouts will be held in June Shah said in a statement My team is working closely to mitigate any kind of health risk caused by the pandemic while at the same time ensuring a highly competitive red-ball cricket contest Shah said that the BCCI understands the significance of Ranji Trophy Ranji Trophy is our most prestigious domestic competition which has been providing Indian Cricket with an enviable talent pool every year It is absolutely important that we take all necessary steps to safeguard the interest of this premier event he said The BCCI announcement has come a day after its treasurer Arun Dhumal had said that the Board intends to host the event The two phases are required since the BCCI also plans to host the IPL from March 27 and hosting two big tournaments would not be possible practically as the players availability would also be an issue PTI KHS AT PM PM

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal on Thursday said that the board intends to hold the Ranji Trophy in two phases after they were forced to postpone the premier first-class competition due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the country The Ranji Trophy comprising 38-first-class teams was scheduled to start on January 13 but was postponed indefinitely due to the third wave of COVID-19 With the BCCI planning to start the IPL from March 27 it is practically impossible to hold the tournament in one go but after requests from many state units the brass held a meeting to discuss the way forward We are exploring the possibility of staging Ranji Trophy cases were going up when it was postponed now they seem to be coming down The operations team is working on whether we can do the league stage next month and complete the rest of the tournament later post IPL Dhumal told PTI after the meeting The meeting was also attended by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah As of now the plan is to hold the league phase for a month starting in February till March and then have the next phase in June-July when the monsoon starts in a lot of parts of India with peak summer in some other parts The operations team will work out the logistics and factor in the weather venue availability as well as availability of players We are very keen to organise the tournament and that is why we are exploring all possibilities to stage it without compromising players safety Dhumal added The pandemic played spoilsport last season as the BCCI only had the two mens white ball tourneys Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy The BCCI paid 50 percent of the earlier match fees as compensation to all first-class cricketers who have endured financial losses If it is not held this year it will severely affect the BCCIs pathways cricket like India A team which is primarily selected on the basis of Rani Trophy performance PTI BS KHS KHS AH AH