Unfair to check organisation of 60 IPL video games to 2000 plus home video games: BCCI secy Jay Shah

There is a world of distinction between organising 60 Indian Premier League matches and 2000-plus home video games, stated BCCI secretary Jay Shah as he rejected “unfair and unwarranted” criticism that the Board priortised the cash-rich occasion over nationwide tournaments just like the Ranji Trophy.
Last yr, the blue riband Ranji Trophy in addition to junior cricket weren’t held due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the operational difficulties of making a bio-secure setting for hundreds of gamers and help employees.
While gamers misplaced out on vital earnings, the BCCI copped numerous flak for an excessive amount of deal with the cash-rich league.
“I feel the criticism is unwarranted and unfair. In 2020 as well, in the middle of the pandemic, we conducted Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament, Vijay Hazare tournament and Senior Women’s One-day tournament taking all precautions,” Shah, who was in Muscat and Dubai, to supervise T20 World Cup and IPL preparations, was quoted as saying by “Gulf News”.
Shah stated the variety of matches and required logistics between two tournaments are incomparable.
“It received’t be a good evaluation if IPL is in contrast with different Indian home tournaments. The IPL has a franchise mannequin and a platform for the world’s finest cricketers, coaches, help employees to return and showcase their expertise.
“The Indian domestic season has over 2000 games, whereas the IPL has 60 matches. With a cricketing set-up as big and as diverse as India’s, it is not easy to conduct a full season when so many states are grappling with COVID caseloads,” Shah defined.
In case of IPL, it’s all the time been a seven-week affair whereas a whole home season with males, girls’s and age-group cricket takes round six months to be accomplished with 38 groups in fray.
“You also have to factor in the time taken to have an entire domestic season and the travel that is included. They are putting their lives at risk, which should never be the case. It is not ideal to have age-group tournaments in such an environment and put careers of young cricketers at risk,” Shah reasoned about not having any U-19 or U-16 tournaments final yr.
“However, with the situation improving, we have announced a full season comprising 2127 domestic games across age groups for both men and women,” he stated.
The BCCI has just lately revealed the dates of the total home season that begins in September this yr and ends in April subsequent yr.