The Board of Management for Cricket in India’s new set pointers for its gamers, following the collection defeat towards Australia, has been making headlines over the past couple of days.
Whereas captain Rohit Sharma selected to not react on the problem since there hasn’t been any official phrase from the Board, Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of the nationwide choice committee, defended it.
“I feel each staff has some guidelines in place. We have now spoken about varied stuff you see over the previous few months the place we are able to enhance as a staff and get a bit nearer as a staff. We have now seen in the previous few months the necessity for some adjustments, extra bonding within the staff,” Agarkar stated, responding to the 10-point BCCI pointers for nationwide males’s staff gamers.
Nonetheless, he clarified that it’s not like a college punishment for the gamers. “It’s not a college, it’s not a punishment. It’s simply you could have some guidelines and if you end up enjoying for the nationwide staff, you simply observe the principles. These are mature people. They’re superstars in their very own proper in worldwide sport. They know the right way to deal with themselves,” he added.
“However, on the finish of the day, you’re finally representing your nation and there are specific issues that you simply inherently observe as each staff does. I feel numerous them have been in place, possibly we’ve spoken about it now and it has been put out however numerous them have been in place in any case. You retain on refining it as you go alongside, finally what fits the staff, you wish to try to try this,” he stated.
In keeping with the coverage doc, which Sportstar has seen, the Board has barred all of the gamers from participating in private shoots or endorsements throughout a collection or tour in an effort to keep away from any distraction.
Among the many different pointers, the gamers now want to stick with the staff till the scheduled finish of a match or collection or tour. Even when the match will get over early, no participant can return dwelling individually because it hampers the staff dynamics.
The choices come within the wake of allegations that there’s a clear rift amongst gamers and the staff administration. Following the evaluation assembly final Saturday, the Board has now prohibited gamers from travelling with private employees reminiscent of cooks, assistants or private safety guards throughout excursions.