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Acting BCCI president CK Khanna on Thursday said that the Indian cricket board needs to seriously assess captain Virat Kohli's view on "cramped schedule", which has left India with no time to prepare for the crucial away series against South Africa next month. Khanna also wants the board members to take a call on having three back-to-back series in a short span of time. "Virat is the Indian captain and his view point on cricketing matters should be taken with utmost seriousness. We are proud how the team is performing but if players are feeling fatigued, we need to have a broader view on the issue," Khanna said.

The veteran administrator admitted that BCCI needs to take a call during future home series.

"I think we should analyse if it is a good option to have three back-to-back series with hardly any break for the players. The matter should be taken up at an appropriate forum. It will be great if this can also be included in the agenda for the December 9, Special General Meeting," Khanna said.

Indian cricketers have been playing non-stop cricket since start of the IPL, followed by ICC Champions Trophy, away tours of West Indies and Sri Lanka and three successive home series against Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka comprising 23 matches (3 Tests, 11 ODIs and 9 T20 Internationals).

The BCCI normally organises home series from October to December - a dedicated slot that they have demanded from the ICC going into the future.

Originally, the November-December slot was dedicated for home and away series against Pakistan every year till 2023 and accordingly, the broadcasters and sponsors were convinced. However in the present scenario, the BCCI can't play bilateral series with Pakistan leaving the two-month window wide open.

"The two series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka were replacement slots for the Pakistan series. Only the Australia series was in the Futures Tours and Programmes because as per our MoU with CA, the Test and limited overs series will be separate tours when the two countries tour each other," a senior BCCI office bearer told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

Sri Lanka has been with the BCCI on ICC policy issues. BCCI lost 2-8 during the ICC Board meeting while opposing the change in governance structure. The only other vote that they got was from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

SLC has been through turbulent times and BCCI has time and again played against them to boost the revenue of the cash-strapped board. Even in March next year, India will be playing a tri-nation T20 tournament in Sri Lanka right after the South Africa series.

No wonder Kohli has raised the issue that authorities should "try and assess the issue".

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/ind...duling-needs-to-be-seriously-assessed-1779194
 
Such intelligent folks at the BCCI. Only when Kohli asks for a review of the schedule do they think that it has merit. Didn't they think of that when they approved the damned things in the first place?
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Such intelligent folks at the BCCI. Only when Kohli asks for a review of the schedule do they think that it has merit. Didn't they think of that when they approved the damned things in the first place?
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Kohli is the messiah though :jimmy
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Such intelligent folks at the BCCI. Only when Kohli asks for a review of the schedule do they think that it has merit. Didn't they think of that when they approved the damned things in the first place?
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You mean the CoA, everybody knows they;re the best thing to happen to Indian cricket since ye olde sliced bread :14:
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Lol. We'll see if the messiah can do anything in South Africa with a tired/burnt out unit with no time to acclimatise to the conditions. :srini
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Oh man the excuses are already out, you Indians should be more subtle about it Man, As if Fresh and Raring to Go Unit who would have landed 3 months before actual tour in SA and played 10 tour Matches would have Whitewashed SA 3-0, you can argue how much you want but the best hope indian would have would be 2-0 or 2-1 at best.
 
How many warm-up games does India give to overseas teams and what is the level of the local players who take part in these warm-ups?

Absolute hypocrisy.
 
Bilal7 said:
How many warm-up games does India give to overseas teams and what is the level of the local players who take part in these warm-ups?

Absolute hypocrisy.
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Australia got to play against our first choice A team, Aus are notorious in providing below par teams & pitches to overseas teams, England played no warmups because they thought the Bangla bunsen burners were better prep, don;t recall about NZ whilst SA had a full LO series before they got to the first test. So no, nothing hypocritical about the complaint, though I will say SA were probably hard done by much worse pitches than the LO leg!
 
R0H1T said:
Australia got to play against our first choice A team, Aus are notorious in providing below par teams & pitches to overseas teams, England played no warmups because they thought the Bangla bunsen burners were better prep, don;t recall about NZ whilst SA had a full LO series before they got to the first test. So no, nothing hypocritical about the complaint, though I will say SA were probably hard done by much worse pitches than the LO leg!
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A LOI series is no prep for a test series. England were not being granted some decent warm-ups and thus were forced to turn their series in Bangladesh into prep for India. The BCCI has been awful when it comes to helping foreign teams acclimatize to their conditions.

It is not necessarily wrong but doing so and then whining about not getting a good enough prep for their away series reeks of hypocrisy.
 
Bilal7 said:
A LOI series is no prep for a test series. England were not being granted some decent warm-ups and thus were forced to turn their series in Bangladesh into prep for India. The BCCI has been awful when it comes to helping foreign teams acclimatize to their conditions.

It is not necessarily wrong but doing so and then whining about not getting a good enough prep for their away series reeks of hypocrisy.
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That's not our problem is it, SA virtually did the same for their tour of Eng just a while back.


Says who, England ended their Bangla tour & played in India just a week after, if they;d asked for an FC game they;d have gotten at least 2 days, weather permitting.

That;s not just BCCI, every team does it, except in the last two years you can;t say India haven;t given other touring teams better opponents to practice with/against as opposed to this Ashes prep & no name players that England had to face.

No one;s whining, but obviously people love to make an issue over everything. Scheduling is a problem, but that;s down to the boards, players are just employees & do what is asked of them, no matter who they play for.
 
Zeshan547 said:
Oh man the excuses are already out, you Indians should be more subtle about it Man, As if Fresh and Raring to Go Unit who would have landed 3 months before actual tour in SA and played 10 tour Matches would have Whitewashed SA 3-0, you can argue how much you want but the best hope indian would have would be 2-0 or 2-1 at best.
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These aren't excuses. We certainly won't get whitewashed in SA even with this team unlike all our neighbours. So why on earth should we provide excuses since we are going to do better than BD/SL/PAK combined anyway? :srini
 
Very few players reach the level of perfection where the Cricket Boards bow down to their every diktat, BCCI got rid of Kumble on Kohli's demand, got Shastri in n Kohli's demand, conceede to Kohli's selection demands, now will take his views on his scheduling whereas if he was just another Indian player, everything would be brushed aside.

Just shows what hard work and achievements can do for you.
 
We need to have a board like this. 100% complies with captain's needs given captain doesn't pave way for his chammchas and is performing.
 
Anyone who needs rest should stop playing in IPL first. Apr-Jun is the perfect time to rest your body.
 
Thats modern day cricket. Why did BCCI need to play a 2nd series with Sri Lanka? Why is the IPL 8 weeks instead of a 4 week event? You can't have everything in life.
 
India playing non stop and here I am watching my team play 8 LOI games in 5 months :))
 
Gavaskar
Sachin
Ganguly
Dhoni (till Srini was there)
Kohli

Captains/ players i remember who bossed/ bossing BCCI to get their whims.
 
Had this been a Pakistani captain or player speaking out against the PCB, a show cause notice and a disciplinary hearing would have been arranged immediately.
 
I dont see anything wrong with what Kohli is suggesting. Lately, BCCI have been setting up series after series. Since CT, dont think Team India got any break whatsoever.
 
Savak said:
Very few players reach the level of perfection where the Cricket Boards bow down to their every diktat, BCCI got rid of Kumble on Kohli's demand, got Shastri in n Kohli's demand, conceede to Kohli's selection demands, now will take his views on his scheduling whereas if he was just another Indian player, everything would be brushed aside.

Just shows what hard work and achievements can do for you.
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None of his views or preferences are wrong in itself.
 
Dhoni backs Kohli, says preparation time needed for tough tours

Senior India player Mahendra Singh Dhoni today backed captain Virat Kohli on the issue of cramped scheduling and said that the team needs time to get used to the conditions in tours like South Africa.

Dhoni, who is not in the Test side but will be in the ODI team in the upcoming South Africa tour, however, said that as an international cricketer it was a challenge one has to face.

“It is absolutely right, because we play so much cricket that we do not get much preparation time when we go overseas to play. But as an international cricketer, this is also a challenge,” Dhoni said here.

“It takes some time to get used to, but if you see this team, there are many cricketers who have played overseas and it helps a lot. If they get six to eight or 10 days, it is good, but whatever time they get, I think they will do well,” he said in response to a question about Kohli’s statement.

The former India captain was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a match played at Kunzer cricket ground, 35km from Srinagar, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Dhoni was the chief guest at the finals of Chinar Cricket Premier League, organised by Srinagar-based Chinar Corps of the Army.

“This time when the (Test) team leaves for South Africa, they will only get some time to prepare before playing the matches. The ODI team after that will also want to try to get seven to eight days because the conditions are different there, there is more bounce,” he said.

http://www.sportstarlive.com/cricke...me-needed-for-tough-tours/article20945665.ece
 
Why doesn't the BCCI let Kohli rest from the LOI series against SL and have him and the rest of the test xi go to SA in the middle of December? Organize a closed-doors match against India B / kolpaks and have a couple more weeks to get acclimatised.
 
The day an Indian player puts his hand up and says i am taking rest from the IPL to keep up with the rigors of International Cricket, will i take their views and complaints on scheduling seriously. Surely the BCCI can comfortably afford to compensate players for lost earnings as well so why don't they look into something like this?
 
Savak said:
The day an Indian player puts his hand up and says i am taking rest from the IPL to keep up with the rigors of International Cricket, will i take their views and complaints on scheduling seriously. Surely the BCCI can comfortably afford to compensate players for lost earnings as well so why don't they look into something like this?
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IPL is run by the BCCI and is their biggest cash cow.

Compensating players for avoiding it would be like shooting themselves in the foot. I bet they'd rather pay more for the Indian stars to play in IPL matches.
 
Savak said:
The day an Indian player puts his hand up and says i am taking rest from the IPL to keep up with the rigors of International Cricket, will i take their views and complaints on scheduling seriously. Surely the BCCI can comfortably afford to compensate players for lost earnings as well so why don't they look into something like this?
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Ashwin already did that earlier this year. He took a break and did not play the entire IPL in 2017.
 
I would like to know how many people here would let go off big money if they were paid.
 
How did IPL come into the discussion?

Playing meaningless LOIs against SL hardly makes a dent into the earnings for Kohli and co.
 
5 Double hundreds for Virat Kohli in 31 Tests as captain - the joint-most by any captain equaling Brian Lara's record in 47 matches at the helm. When Kohli took up captaincy, there were only four double hundreds by Indian captains in Tests - one each by MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.
 
Savak said:
Had this been a Pakistani captain or player speaking out against the PCB, a show cause notice and a disciplinary hearing would have been arranged immediately.
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We haven't had a player of Kohli's stature since Imran, who was the PCB Chairman, Chief Selector, Coach, manager etc. along with the Captain.

Kohli is in the same position now. He is bigger than the BCCI and everyone involved with Indian cricket. If a Pakistani player reaches the same status, the PCB will dance to his tunes.
 
Since IPL they are playing non stop it's ridiculous.. These bilateral's with Sri Lanka are As useless as anything..Pakistan had a good 1 month training session before England tour and did well Indian team needed the same to prepare for SA, it would have been a great chance to win a series over there.. Now I got no hope we might lose 3-0..
 
VK rested from ODIs. Although Sri Lanka were due to come India for tests for quite some time, so that's fine. The LOIs are meaningless though, but I suppose you need them for financial viability.
 
Apparently Indian team will have 60 days of rest per year now going by latest news in this regard.
 
The way international cricket is at the moment I can't see why the BCCI can't rotate their players. In reality it's only Aus, Eng and SA that provide India with any competition since they refuse to play Pak. So why not rotate the entire team and send other players to play the weaker sides.
I guess the BCCI also has commercial revenues to consider, they obviously love their cash and want every penny so maybe they should tone it down a bit and stop pimping out their big guns to play pointless matches.
 
Virat Kohli leads pay rise call for India cricketers

NAGPUR: National team skipper Virat Kohli has demanded a greater share of India's growing cricket wealth for players ahead of contract talks this week, officials said.

Top players saw their annual basic deals doubled to $300,000 this year.

But the Indian squad, who are due to hold talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in New Delhi on Friday, want more after the governing body struck a huge new television deal in September.

The BCCI will get $2.5 billion from Rupert Murdoch's Star India channel to show the Indian Premier League from 2018 to 2022.
Player contracts expired on September 30 and salaries are one of the key negotiating points.

A senior board official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that "the players want a raise" and that Kohli will lead the talks with former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current coach Ravi Shastri.

They will meet BCCI administrator Vinod Rai in New Delhi to discuss pay and the packed cricket calendar which Kohli has also criticised.

"It's always healthy to be transparent and that's what BCCI is trying to be. Kohli and the players are always welcome to put their point across," the official said.

Rai heads a committee of administrators appointed by India's Supreme Court to run BCCI affairs and reform the world's wealthiest cricket governing body.

Currently the national squad has three salary grades, with Kohli and other senior players at the top. "We have modified it and have started a process where we consult the players," said Rai.

"We had two rounds of consultation and we will do another one just before the Delhi Test," Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India, added. India start the third Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Rai has backed Kohli's criticism of the scheduling of tours and the issue is expected to be discussed at the meeting.

Kohli had hit out at BCCI, ahead of the second Test in Nagpur, for better planning of tours, especially ahead of an important series in South Africa starting in January.

India will finish their home series against Sri Lanka on December 24 with the third Twenty20 before leaving for South Africa on December 28. Kohli is to be rested for the one-day games against Sri Lanka.

They are to play a two-day warm-up match starting December 30 before taking on the Proteas in the first Test from January 5.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...for-india-cricketers/articleshow/61832594.cms
 
savecricket said:
The way international cricket is at the moment I can't see why the BCCI can't rotate their players. In reality it's only Aus, Eng and SA that provide India with any competition since they refuse to play Pak. So why not rotate the entire team and send other players to play the weaker sides.
I guess the BCCI also has commercial revenues to consider, they obviously love their cash and want every penny so maybe they should tone it down a bit and stop pimping out their big guns to play pointless matches.
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As of now, only 4 or 5 Indian players play all the formats. Rest are not selected or rested.
 
I don't understand . Pandya himself asked for rest and when tests are over , he is available for ODIs!!! . Who does he think he is ??
 
WengerOut said:
I don't understand . Pandya himself asked for rest and when tests are over , he is available for ODIs!!! . Who does he think he is ??
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This was likely a decision by the selectors, or perhaps even the CoA, since they wouldn;t want him to go to SA with absolutely zero match practice. This decision would make some sense provided he doesn;t feature in the T20 series & goes to SA straight after the ODI or plays FC matches during the T20 series.

If not the selectors are even more stupid than they look, ditto for the CoA :14:

btw in any professional setup the employee, players in this case, cannot pick & choose the job they do & when they do it, so Pandya cannot be blamed automatically over here.
 
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R0H1T said:
This was likely a decision by the selectors, or perhaps even the CoA, since they wouldn;t want him to go to SA with absolutely zero match practice. This decision would make some sense provided he doesn;t feature in the T20 series & goes to SA straight after the ODI or plays FC matches during the T20 series.

If not the selectors are even more stupid than they look, ditto for the CoA :14:
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Could've easily played third test.
 
Is Virat Kohli now such a godfather of Indian cricket that acting upon his advice is more important than utilizing basic common sense? Any random cricket watcher can see that this SL series has been horribly scheduled. I pointed it out the moment the dates for this series were finalized, something which some BCCI supporters found no problems with then. It's hilarious that India is going to their first challenging overseas tour in almost 3 years with barely 3 days worth of practice, only so that the BCCI could shove this India-SL series in this very slot to make some more money. Can someone please free the BCCI from the hands of these politicians already?
 
India captain Virat Kohli and his predecessor MS Dhoni’s demand for a pay hike for the team was on Thursday accepted by the Committee of Administrators, which also took their inputs on the issue of cramped scheduling.

Kohli and Dhoni, along with national coach Ravi Shastri, met COA chief Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji and BCCI CEO Rahul Johri in Delhi.

“We had extensive discussions with players on issues that pertain to them directly, which means the number of matches they have to play, the Future Tours Program (FTP) and compensation package etc,” Rai told reporters after the meeting which lasted more than two hours.

“All the inputs they have to give us were taken and we are going to factor those in. The FTP, we bounced it off them. Presentations have been made and they are in agreement with the FTP so that they get enough rest. Number of days, I can’t tell you as we have not yet worked it out,” Rai said.

As per the current pay structure, contracted Grade A players are paid Rs two crore annually, Grade B players are in the Rs one crore bracket, followed by Grade C at Rs 50 lakh per year.

The per Test match fee for the first XI players stands at Rs 15 lakh, while they are paid Rs six lakh and Rs three lakh per ODI and Twenty20 respectively. The players outside first XI but in the squad are paid half these amounts. Former coach Anil Kumble, during a presentation to the COA, had demanded Rs five crore for the Grade A players.

The modalities of the new pay structure are, however, not yet known.

Camp ahead to England tour
“This was a path-breaking initiative, we feel we’ve found a common ground and aligned our thoughts for the betterment of the game be it the policies under which the player remuneration and FTP will be worked upon,” Rai stated.

It has also been reliably learnt that the Indian team, which is scheduled to play a full series in England between July and September next year, will travel there two weeks in advance to get acclimatised with the conditions.

This comes after Kohli complained of lack of time to prepare for the upcoming tour of South Africa for which the team is scheduled to leave on December 27, just a couple of days after winding up a home series against Sri Lanka.

On the proposed pay hike, Rai did not spell out the remuneration plan but said that both Kohli and Dhoni were in agreement with the structure which is being worked out.

“The principles on which compensation package has to be structured, that has been agreed to. It’s only a question of numbers now. We will now match the revenue with compensation that each player receives,” the former CAG chief said.

When asked if there will be separate structures for red and white ball specialists, Rai said: “There was no discussion on this topic.”

He claimed he was unaware of reports that the Indian Premier League (IPL) would be telecast live on Doordarshan.

Rai did not forget to mention that players were happy that representatives of BCCI were having a dialogue with them instead of intimating them after taking unilateral decisions.

“All the discussions were very fruitful and they (Kohli and Dhoni) were very receptive as a consequence of which it’s the first time that anyone is having a dialogue with them. Otherwise it used to be decisions taken and just communicated to them,” Rai concluded.

https://thefield.scroll.in/b/100
 
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