We are planning to carry Ranji Trophy in two phases: BCCI treasurer Dhumal

BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal on Thursday stated that the board intends to carry the Ranji Trophy in “two phases” after they have been pressured to postpone the premier first-class competitors attributable to rising circumstances of COVID-19 within the nation.
The Ranji Trophy comprising 38-first-class groups was scheduled to start out on January 13 however was postponed indefinitely because of the third wave of COVID-19.
With the BCCI planning to start out the IPL from March 27, it’s virtually inconceivable to carry the match in a single go however after requests from many state items, the brass held a gathering to debate the way in which ahead.

“We are exploring the possibility of staging Ranji Trophy, cases were going up when it was postponed, now they seem to be coming down. The operations team is working on whether we can do the league stage next month and complete the rest of the tournament later (post IPL),” Dhumal informed PTI after the assembly.
The assembly was additionally attended by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.
As of now, the plan is to carry the league part for a month, beginning in February until March after which have the subsequent part in June-July, when the monsoon begins in quite a lot of elements of India with peak summer season in another elements.
“The operations team will work out the logistics and factor in the weather, venue availability as well as availability of players. We are very keen to organise the tournament and that is why we are exploring all possibilities to stage it without compromising players’ safety,” Dhumal added.
The pandemic performed spoilsport final season because the BCCI solely had the 2 males’s white ball tourneys (Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy).

The BCCI paid 50 % of the sooner match charges as compensation to all first-class cricketers who’ve endured monetary losses.
If it’s not held this yr, it should severely have an effect on the BCCI’s pathways cricket like India A crew, which is primarily chosen on the premise of Rani Trophy efficiency.