“We nonetheless have 15 days to go,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia mentioned in Mumbai the place the board’s Annual Normal Assembly befell. “Fifteen days is a very long time on the earth of cricket. We are going to decide at an applicable time.”
Agarkar’s contract is about to run out on October 5, and there may be uncertainty about its renewal given he was absent from a key BCCI evaluate assembly earlier this month.
IPL 2027 public sale in December
“We now have additionally mentioned about partaking and activating our state associations to offer assist to physically-challenged cricketers. The BCCI will full 100 years in December 2027, so we’ll do centenary celebrations from December 2027 for one yr,” Saikia added.
Umpires and match referee’s charges revised for the primary time since 2017-18
“We now have categorised the umpires into 4 – A, B, C and D, and restructured the price construction of the match referees additionally,” he mentioned. “All of the umpires’ posting will likely be as per benefit. We now have an assessing crew underneath the umpire’s board. Umpires will likely be given assignments in accordance with their benefit – whether or not it’s knockouts or vital video games.
“After each season, there will likely be a system of relegation and upgradation. Ten umpires on the finish of each season will likely be promoted, and ten will likely be relegated. This can make them very alert all through the season, and that can in the end assist the sport of cricket, as a result of some gamers’ futures rely upon selections of the umpires. They need to be very competent and alert.”
Different choice committee appointments anticipated
The BCCI will evaluate the purposes it has obtained for the junior choice committee for males’s cricket and make an appointment within the subsequent 10-15 days. The board had marketed for 5 positions within the committee after the tenure of the S Sharath-led panel had ended final month. The deadline to submit purposes was September 5.
“We now have obtained a really giant variety of candidates, and we’re shortlisting them,” Saikia mentioned. “After that we are going to give it to our cricket committee, who would be the competent authority to pick out the selectors for the junior choice committee. We try to finish it within the subsequent 10-15 days.”