New Delhi: The opening round of Ranji Trophy’s match will begin on February 17 after quarantine five days and the size of the troops, including support staff, has been limited at the age of 30 because BCCI aims to hold an event 38-team in nine biodies in nine -bubbles in the middle Covid-19 pandemic.
BCCI previously announced that the Ranji Cup, which will be held after two years because the pandemic will take place in two phases, before and after the IPL.
On Tuesday, the Board issued a “staging guideline” to nine host associations.
The five-pard document, which is in PTI ownership, states that each squad can have a maximum of 30 members, including a minimum of 20 players, with the number of supported staff limited at 10.
“20 players will be eligible for the cost of the match.
(Play XI will meet the requirements For 100 percent while 9 the rest will be entitled to 50 percent), “Guidelines said, adding that two Covid reserves would be permitted per team.
The opening round clash between defending champions Saurashtra and Mumbai in Ahmedabad will be anticipated with Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane who are named in their respective teams.
Pujara on Tuesday made Saurashtra troops while Rahana was named in the Mumbai team.
Both experienced batter really need a big run and the trophy of Ranji a hundred can help them get their test career back to the track.
All teams will gather in their respective places on February 10, after the players will enter the quarantine five days mandatory.
The RT-PCR test will be carried out on the second day and day five, leaving a two-day team to practice on February 15 and 16.
Pre-quarter-finals, to be played in the first phase, will be a five-day affair since March 11.
The teams that will take part in the only round clash must undergo quarantine four days.
The second phase of the Ranji trophy, which consists of quarter-finals, semifinals and finals, will be held from May 30 as previously announced.
According to the guidelines, each team was “encouraged to have a doctor to deal with the problem related to Covid-19”.
BCCI has increased hosting costs to Rs 1.25 lakh per match match.
Previously, Rs Five Lakh for the whole game.
Thirty-two teams have been divided into eight groups of four elites, while six teams form a plate division.
Pre-quarter-finals will take place between the lowest qualified team of eight elite groups and plate group topper.
Fifty-seven matches will be played in the first phase and seven seconds.
This venue is Rajkot, Cuttack, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi, Haryana, Guwahati and Kolkata.