BCCI Review Meeting: Three major recommendations announced

The BCCI conducted a review meeting of the Indian men’s senior team on Sunday, January 1 in Mumbai. While key discussions like the workload management, fitness parameters and the player availability issues took place. The roadmap for the ICC ODI World Cup in October-November this year, the eligibility selection criteria was also one of the key points of discussions in the meeting.

The review meeting was attended by the likes of the BCCI President Roger Binny, board secretary Jay Shah. It also included the NCA head VVS Laxman, skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid among others.

Key recommendations

The emerging cricketers from now on will only be eligible for national selection. But, only after having played a substantial amount of cricket in the domestic circuit.

In order to maintain high fitness standards, Yo-Yo and Dexa tests will be mandatory for selection criteria going forward. The Yo-Yo and Dexa test will be implemented in the customized roadmaps for the central pool of players.

The NCA will work in tandem with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises for monitoring the targeted Indian players. Players taking part in the 2023 season will be managed according to their worload with an eye on the men’s team’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) and their preparations for the 50-over World Cup.

Meanwhile, no decision has been taken by the board on split captaincy and coaching. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid will continue to lead and guide India across formats for now.

Last month, BCCI had announced that it was planning to hold a team review meeting after India’s exit from T20 World Cup

At the same time, there were several reports which claimed that the Indian team’s 1-2 ODI series defeat against Bangladesh in the recent ODI series would also be reviewed by the national cricket board.