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Posted: 19 July 2018 1:47:39
BCCI will host 2,000 games in all age groups in the men's and women's categories in the 2018-1919 national season. (PTI Photo)
The BCCI has incorporated nine new teams that would be part of the Ranji Trophy next season. Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim and Uttarakhand will feature in the Plate Group, while elite groups will have three categories: A, B and C. while category C will have 10 teams
The BCCI will host more than 2,000 games in all age groups in the men's and women's categories during the 2018 national season. 19. The season starts with the Duleep Trophy from August 17th. The Vijay Hazare Trophy starts on September 19th, while the Ranji Trophy phase begins on November 1st.
According to the BCCI document, the top five combined Elite A and B teams will qualify for the quarter-finals. Two teams will join them in Elite C, while the Plate Group Champions will be the other quarter-finals.
"Together, A and B have 18 teams, out of those 18 teams, five teams would qualify (for the quarter-finals)," BCCI's general manager for cricket operations told Indian Express. Saba Karim. The cricket board document also gives a low on the promotion and relegation process. He said: "1. The team that will qualify for the quarter-finals of Plate Group will be promoted to the Elite C group next season 2. The first two teams qualified for the quarter-finals of the elite group C will be promoted to elite group A and elite group B next season 3. The two bottom teams of group A and elite group B Elite will be relegated to the elite group C next season 4. the team at the bottom of the group C will be relegated to Plate Group next season. "
When asked if BCCI had created a lower echelon within the Elite group, Karim responded in the affirmative . "He's there," he said, adding, "The Elite A and B groups will have the top 18 teams based on last season's performance, and from 19 to 28 will be the 10 teams. This is based on the points collected last season. "
BCCI Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the arrangements. "I've always advocated for the Northeast states to put their full teams in. However, all I'll say at this point is that these meetings do not reflect the decisions made within of the Technical Committee (BCCI) chaired by Mr. Sourav Ganguly, and personally, I am a little skeptical about the effect this format would have.In particular, from the point of view of promotions and relegations, "Chaudhry said to this document
at its meeting in Calcutta earlier this year, the technical committee of the BCCI, while accepting the inclusion of Bihar and all the states of the Northeast. Ranji Trophy by introducing a "Division B", suggested that when the level of cricket "in the jurisdiction of a particular state reaches a certain level across formats and age groups", promotion to division A can be considered by the general body. 19659012] For all the latest sports news, download Indian Express App
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