Ranji Trophy more likely to begin from mid-February, BCCI eager to stage event this 12 months: Arun Dhumal

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is eager on internet hosting the Ranji Trophy this season and the board is exploring all prospects to have the premier home event performed with out compromising the security of the gamers, in line with treasurer Arun Dhumal.

The BCCi, after its apex council assembly in January, introduced the postponement of the Ranji Trophy after rescheduling the beginning of the event a number of occasions within the wake of rising Covid-19 circumstances within the nation.However, the stress was mounting on the board with gamers expressing their concern at the opportunity of Ranji Trophy’s cancellation for the 2nd successive season. The premier home event was not held in 2020-21 season however the gamers have been compensated for the cancelled home matches earlier this 12 months.Speaking to India Today after a gathering among the many BCCI officers to debate the roadmap of Ranji Trophy, Arun Dhumal mentioned the board is hoping to host the event in two elements — the league stage in February-March earlier than the Indian Premier League and the knockouts after the IPL, supplied all of the logistics are put in to position within the wake of the pandemic.The IPL is all set to get underway within the last week of March and run till the ultimate week of May with 74 matches to be performed by 10 groups.”We are exploring all the possibilities of holding the Ranji Trophy. We are keen to hold it, it seems that cases are coming down and it’s important to have this tournament,” Dhumal mentioned.”The operations team will work out the logistics and if everything goes well, we might start from mid-February. A final call will be taken soon, we are looking at all the factors,” he added when requested about attainable dates.’BCCI KEEN TO ORGANISE RANJI TROPHY’Meanwhile, Dhumal mentioned the BCCI has to think about the climate in host cities, the supply of gamers earlier than going forward and zeroing in on a last schedule for Ranji Trophy.”The weather, venue availability, availability of players (are important factors). (It is being discussed) whether we can do the league stage next month and complete the rest of the tournament later, post IPL.”Our crew is engaged on it. We are very eager to organise the event and that’s the reason we’re exploring all prospects to stage it with out compromising gamers security.Dhumal additionally mentioned the destiny of the remainder of the postponed home tournaments, together with the C Okay Nayudu Trophy and the Senior Women’s T20 League, will likely be determined later primarily based on the evolving Covid-19 state of affairs.Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Jay Shah mentioned earlier this month that the board is choices to host IPL 2022 in India however can also be contemplating back-up choices, which embrace the UAE and South Africa.