The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Monday, July 29, confirmed a six-team Delhi Premier League set to take place in the second half of August at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the city. The auction of six teams took place on Sunday, July 28 with a total of INR 49.65 crore being spent.
Delhi last clinched the Ranji Trophy back in the 2007-08 season and have won the coveted title seven times. They lost two of their senior players Dhruv Shorey and Nitish Rana in the lead-up to the season after they parted ways, citing a lack of consistent opportunities.
Nitish Rana and Dhruv Shorey, the two Delhi players have left DDCA and the former announced it officially on Sunday, August 20 while naming his new domestic team.
Former Delhi captain Nitish Rana and his teammate Dhruv Shorey have sought NOCs from DDCA to ply their trade for different teams in the upcoming domestic seasons.
Rishabh Pant Health Update | India's wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant on Friday morning met with an accident on his way to Roorkee from Delhi. Pant was shifted to Max Hospital in Delhi and underwent plastic surgery for his facial injuries.
The Delhi & District Cricket Association is considering taking a few extreme measures keeping Pant's health in mind. Shyam Sharma, Director of DDCA has said that if the need arises then Pant might be airlifted.
The final list of candidates was declared by the Election Returning Officer, after the deadline for withdrawal of candidature for candidates expired on Saturday.
Navin B. Chawla, Electoral Officer for the DDCA, earlier said in a short message that he was countermanding the elections, scheduled for October 17-20.
Justice Verma is also the Ombudsman of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and Apex Council felt that the one person can't hold the same post in two different state units.
DDCA joint secretary Rajan Manchanda has given instruction to shut down Kotla till further notice as multiple employees will now have to go for quarantine and contact tracing needs to be done.
In his order, the ombudsman has made it clear that while he had already called for election for the post of president back in February, things had to be put on hold due to the lockdown, but the process shall be started as soon as normalcy returns.
The BCCI has already stopped DDCA's annual grant and there has been a discussion to put an ad-hoc body in place during a tele-conference between Apex Council members a couple of days back.
Tihara had been "unreachable" since mid-March leaving DDCA officials, including members of his faction, flummoxed.
According to senior DDCA officials as well as sources close to selection committee, both coach Bhaskar Pillay and skipper Dhruv Shorey skipped the selection meeting as they didn't want to be a part of this pick.
Kalra was banned from Ranji Trophy as well as U-23 tournaments on a complaint filed by former Delhi captain Kirti Azad's faction, alleging that the left-handed opener has fudged his age since the U-16 level.
In a video that is doing the rounds on micro-blogging website Twitter, some office-bearers of the DDCA could be seen exchanging blows during the AGM.
On Wednesday, the DDCA named the 15-member squad for the first two matches of the 2019-2020 Ranji Trophy season where Delhi will begin their campaign against Kerala.
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) ombudsman Justice (Retd) Badar Durrez Ahmed on Friday accepted Rajat Sharma's resignation from the position of DDCA President.
They are grouped in Group A along with defending champions Vidarbha, apart from the likes of Bengal and Punjab.
On November 17, DDCA Ombudsman Justice (Retd) Badar Durrez Ahmed asked Rajat Sharma, who had resigned the previous day, to continue to discharge his duties as the president of the body till further orders.
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