Plans to reduce Team India's playing days from 140 to 80

NEW DELHI: Captain Virat Kohli's sadness over Indian team's packed time table resulting in lack of preparation time for the approaching South Africa tour will likely be addressed through the Committee of Administrators (CoA) in the newly drafted Future Tour Programme (FTP) for the duration 2019-2023.

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The Indian team control may also spouse in deciding the cricket calendar.

CoA chairman Vinod Rai clarified at the 'TOI Litfest Delhi' on Sunday that the taking part in days of the Indian team will likely be decreased vastly from 140 days to a minimal 80 days in keeping with yr in the 2019-2023 Futures Tour Programme (FTP), which is these days being prepared below the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court-appointed committee.

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"We can't be killing the golden goose for the sake of revenue. That is why the players would be given a detailed presentation during the Delhi Test match (beginning on December 2), where their opinion will be taken into consideration by the BCCI. We will discuss the FTP with the team," Rai stated.

Rai additionally stated lowering the collection of suits that the Indian team is these days taking part in is the one technique to prevent participant burnout. "We are taking a 360 degree view of the situation before deciding on the FTP. The burnout of players is a serious issue. The fact that the Indian team would have only two days of rest before flying out for the South African series and start playing there without warm-up game shows that something isn't right about the schedule," Rai stated.


On a mean, the Indian team might be noticed taking part in round 32 games - together with Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals - in keeping with yr between 2019 and 2023 as an alternative of the present 50-plus games a yr.


In the previous, the top Indian gamers played between 105 to 120 days of international cricket in a yr. But the board officers made an arrangement of squeezing in two games each and every for each affiliation in a yr and also gave the option of resting if any participant sought after to choose out.


Provision for India-Pak series in FTP

It is learnt that the draft of the FTP would also have the provision for 2 to three India-Pakistan bilateral series. However, BCCI won't take any step in this factor without the prior permission of the Indian government. "The fact that FTP has a provision for India-Pakistan series doesn't mean that it would translate into a reality. It would be subject to clearance from the Union government," a top board reputable defined.
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