The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recently released five new announcements related to the Indian cricket team, their fixtures, and policies for their players. One of the highlights was allowing both the men’s and women’s Indian cricket teams to participate in the Asian Games 2023.
The tournament will take place in Hangzhou, China in September and October. However, the board has clearly stated that the players who will be selected for the Indian cricket team squad during the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023, will not take part in the Asian Games 2023. Recently, multiple reports claimed that the BCCI has selected Shikhar Dhawan to lead the Indian cricket team’s squad for the Asian games, in 2023.
“BCCI will send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games scheduled to be held in September 2023 at Hangzhou, China. However, considering the overlap of schedule of the Asian Games with ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, BCCI will select from the players not participating in the World Cup to play in the Asian Games,” said the BCCI secretary Jay Shah after the 19th Apex council meeting on 7 July 2023.
BCCI’s 5 latest announcements after the 19th Apex Council Meeting on Friday
-The BCCI will send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games scheduled to be held in September 2023 at Hangzhou, China.
– BCCI will formulate a policy for its players (including retired players) with respect to their participation in overseas T20 leagues.
– BCCI shall continue with the concept of Impact Player in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the next season with two variations from the previous season and the Indian Premier League – a) The teams will have to select their playing XI along with 4 substitute players before the toss; and (b) The teams can use the Impact Player at any time during the match. In the previous season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a team could only use the Impact Player before the 14th over of an innings.
– The BCCI has decided to introduce two bouncers per over in the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to balance the contest between bat and ball.
– BCCI shall work towards the upgradation of stadiums in the country in two phases: (a) The first phase will deal with the upgradation of the venues of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, work for which shall be completed before the commencement of the World Cup; and (b) The second phase will involve upgradation of rest of the venues.
