Michael Clarke exposed the gray area in the BCCI guidelines
Former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke disagrees with the BCCI’s recent guidelines for Team India. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has recently announced some guidelines for the team in which it has decided to limit the presence of family members.
The directives came in the wake of Australia’s shock defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India lost the Test series 1-3 and failed to qualify for the finals of the World Test Championship.
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Michael Clarke highlights the gray area in BCCI’s new guidelines.
Speaking on ESPN’s Around the Wicket segment, Michael Clarke raised concerns over the BCCI’s decision to limit family attendance during tours. Some players have wives and children, so he believes it’s difficult to find a balance with family on tour.
“It’s been very difficult for me, because throughout my career with players, wives and partners, sometimes we’re allowed, other times we’re not, then we’re allowed all the time,” Clarke said.
“The balance was difficult. You got older guys, married guys with kids, single guys,” the former Australian captain added.
Michael Clarke asked if a player was allowed to bring someone to a hotel bar for a drink. He argued that there is no balance in this policy and raised questions about it.
“So in terms of the group, if the partners aren’t allowed to come full time, is a single person allowed to take someone back to the hotel bar and have a drink with her? Where’s the balance?” He argued.
“I don’t know how it works. I think it’s very touching because some people find it harder to leave the house,” Clark said.
“Indian culture is very different from Australia” – Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke talks about BCCI’s new guidelines which will force the board to play domestic cricket whenever every player is available. Clarke was surprised to see that rule as he felt it was a no-brainer in Australian cricket.
“It shows that India’s culture is very different from Australia’s. Because most of the things in the Australian team are no-brainers, they have been given a part to be in that international event,” Clarke said.
“I think first-class cricket, for example, is good for me. Our domestic system has been strong, and when players can, they generally go back and play Sheffield Shield cricket, BBL, one day, whatever,” he said.
Indian star cricketers in Ranji Trophy
The BCCI has introduced ten-point guidelines for centrally contracted players. One of these directives was to make domestic cricket mandatory for every international player when available.
According to this directive, no. Star cricketers like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli have confirmed their second spot for the Ranji Trophy.
