Indian board cracks down on players!

Full text of the press release issued by the BCCI following its Working Committee meeting

Mr. Niranjan Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI, has announced decisions taken at the Working Committee meeting of the BCCI held on April 7, 2007.

1. With a view to strengthening domestic cricket, efforts will be made to ensure that all Test / ODI Cricketers play Irani, Duleep, Challenger and some Ranji Trophy Matches.

2. Every Association will be directed to prepare fast and lively wickets for domestic tournaments.

3. The BCCI will do away with home and away rotation and allot venues for Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Ranji Trophy semi-finals and finals and one-day all-India knockout.

4. It was decided that all affiliated units should start their own state academies by April 2009. These academies would be linked to the National Cricket Academy for the purpose of uniformity in coaching.

5. It was decided to scrap the present zonal representation in the senior and junior selection committees. BCCI will appoint selectors on a full time basis based upon the eligibility criteria which would include stature as a player, selection experience etc. They will be remunerated suitably and appointed for a two-year term. The BCCI will take steps to propose necessary amendments to the Constitution to give effect to the above decision.

6. Regular and frequent Under-19 and India A tours to Australia / England / New Zealand / South Africa / West Indies will be undertaken.

7. The Working Committee has directed the Selection Committee to send a young team to Bangladesh under an experienced captain. The selection committee, after discussions has appointed Rahul Dravid as captain for India's tour to Bangladesh, Ireland and England.

8. BCCI will appoint a permanent manager for the Indian team for a two-year term. The Board will also appoint a permanent Media Manager for a two- year term.

9. Notice will be issued to Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh under Rule 38 of the Memorandum and the Rules and Regulations of the Board asking for an explanation for their comments made to the media.

10. Working Committee approved the Performance-based Payment to the players and decided to do away with the present gradation for Retainership. Apart from the payment, the following points would form a part of the contract.

• Rahul Dravid is retained as captain...Your views please
• 😊
• About the endorsements- your views..I for one am happy 😃
• Scrapping the zonal selection system..Good or bad??Do you think, not all the deserved ones would get a chance this way, or is it the other way round??
• Making it compulsory to play the Ranji and other national cricket more- would that help the game??
• Generally what are your views on this whole reaction or action of BCCI??

Originally posted by: ani11

India lost because of Smt Indira Gandhi and Hanumaan ji...Mrs Gandhi created Bangla Desh and Hanumaanji did'nt burn the Lanka properly....

No offense meant to anyone...its just a joke someone told me....... 😊

Originally posted by: sareg

Somewhere I read, they should come up with a threshold of matches each player is allowed to play, say like 80 in a year. This way the players dont get overworked

In all of this BCCI is going to schedule more and more series over the year, plus players will have to play the local circuit, you are burning out players faster

BCCI has taken a step to hit the purse of the player, is it willing to take a hit on its own purse?

You dont get overworked if you are going to face only a few balls before getting out..😆😆.. then stand in the field for the rest of the day ... chewing on nails or picking your nose....

Originally posted by: raksha.l

My questions:

Rahul Dravid is retained as captain...Your views please 😊 its pretty fair - after all people learn from mistakes... he wont repeat them, thats a bitter lesson he has learnt from this WC so for me it is something to be optimistic about About the endorsements- your views..I for one am happy 😃 only 3 and shud ask before signing is the best thing that happened in recent times for cricket team😛 Scrapping the zonal selection system..Good or bad??Do you think, not all the deserved ones would get a chance this way, or is it the other way round?? hmn.. we can only interpret here but I want to wait and watch but I take it in a positive way.. lets hope for the best Making it compulsory to play the Ranji and other national cricket more- would that help the game?? practice makes anyone perfect so it is good that they spend time playing rather than shooting day and night for ads Generally what are your views on this whole reaction or action of BCCI??
• I felt so happy to learn that BCCI has shown interest in straightening our team's standards.. now when board is strict towards team, the pressure is on the players to play well at any cost

I am happy over all...And the retaining of Rahul Dravid as captain is also in a way good..We will have a captain who is confident now and also he will be more careful now..😃

I liked Chappell's suggestion where he said Players shud be charged for not playing well in any of the matches as it happens in Australia so that players will have no other choice but to play good or quit or pay for it...

I still want Ganguly as Captain. I love the new clause on endorsements but somewhere I also do think if it is right on board's part to force their judgments pertaining to what cricketers do in their personal life.

We get mad seeing them endorsing products left, right and centre and becoming ducks on the field. But does endorsing products that take their time away from practices? Shouldn't there be strict timings for netting practice and endorsing be left to player's discretion? I am sitting on the fence.