The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced that the Ranji Trophy, India’s premier first-class domestic competition, won’t be played for the first time in 87 years.
However, the board has decided to conduct the senior men’s, women’s and under-19 ODI tournaments in the truncated 2020-21 season. Owing to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, India’s domestic began as late as January 10 this year with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (20-over tournament).
Attributing the decision to loss of time, BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced three domestic tournaments in the forthcoming months. It is learnt that the groupings and bio-secure bubbles for the Vijay Hazare Trophy will be the same as the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Since the Ranji Trophy pays the highest match fees (INR 1.5 lakh per game approx) to the players, it is also understood as was also discussed during the BCCI Annual General Meeting (AGM) earlier this month that the parent body will compensate the domestic players for their apparent financial loss.
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