Shubman Gill is rockstar already, poised to go big, says Siddharth Kaul
Sports | February 20, 2021 14:59 ISTBeing playing with Shubman for Punjab Ranji side, the Indian pacer feels the best of the young batsman is yet to come.
Being playing with Shubman for Punjab Ranji side, the Indian pacer feels the best of the young batsman is yet to come.
Eminent players of the past sympathised with the current lot of cricketers, but also agreed with the BCCI's unprecedented decision to not conduct the tournament for the first time since its inception in 1934-35.
The BCCI secretary Jay Shah wrote a letter to the state associations, stating that the decision was taken with an eye on the coronavirus pandemic and the feedback from the state cricket bodies.
A decision with regards to this will be taken during the BCCI Apex Council Meeting on January 17, scheduled to be held virtually.
Desperate to conduct some domestic cricket, recently the BCCI had sought views of the state associations on the structure of the curtailed season for which it plans to create six bio-secure hubs across the country between December and March.
In a letter to the associations, the Board has suggested four options on the conduct starting with having only the blue-riband Ranji Trophy.
It has been learnt that the BCCI has already sent feelers to a few state associations where there are multiple grounds and five-star hotels to create a bio-bubble environment for a minimum of three teams.
The Ranji Trophy final between Saurashtra and Bengal in March was the last competitive game held in India before the COVID-19 outbreak brought cricketing activity to a grinding halt in the country.
Uttarakhand became the first team to start training under one roof with the CAU holding a month long men's and women's camps in separate bio-secure bubbles at the Abhimanyu Cricket Academy & Kasiga International School in Dehradun respectively.
Karan Tiwari allegedly hanged himself at his house in Gokulnagar at Goregaon East on Monday night
The delay in the beginning of the domestic season due to COVID-19 pandemic means that only Mushtaq Ali trophy and Ranji Trophy (December 13- March 10) comprising of 245 games (across the formats with 38 teams) will be played.
Veteran India batsman Yuvraj claimed that the young batsman never abused anyone and just questioned the decision.
An official who was part of the meeting said that the Apex Council members were united in the thought that the domestic fixture needs to be looked at immediately
Jackson amassed 800 plus runs in the previous two seasons and played a pivotal role in Saurashtra's maiden Ranji Trophy triumph in March.
The right-hander scored 809 runs in the 2019-20 Ranji season in 10 matches (18 innings) at an average of 50.56.
The delay in clearing the money was raised the during an online team bonding session with head coach Arun Lal and other members of the coaching and support staff.
Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) has decided to consider fast bowler S Sreesanth for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season.
In 2018, the Kerala High Court had struck down the life ban imposed on the cricketer by the BCCI and also quashed all proceedings against him.
Reports were doing the rounds that the board is mulling a change of format for the Ranji Trophy which would eventually see a considerable change in the number of matches being played throughout the season.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Sachin Tendulkar for his first-ever duck in the Ranji Trophy during the 2008-09 season.
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