The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced new guidelines regarding players’ fitness ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
In recent news by CricBuzz, the board has declared that if a player joins a franchisee without proper fitness, the IPL governing council will appoint a doctor to investigate if the troubled player satisfies the fitness parameters laid out individual franchise.
A BCCI note on player fitness disputes reads:
”If, before the start of any season (or if a Player joins a Franchisee after the start of the season, at the time such Player joins such Franchisee), there is a dispute between a Franchisee and any of the Franchisee’s Players in connection with the ability of such Player to satisfy the conditions relating to match fitness in the Player Contract then, as per the Player Contract, BCCI shall nominate an independent and suitably qualified doctor to decide whether such Player’s match fitness satisfies said conditions and whose decision shall be final in this regard.”
The note added:
“If a Franchisee does not request an assessment of any of its Players’ fitness at the start of the Season (or if a Player joins a Franchisee after the start seasons, and at the time such Player joins such Franchisee), then each such Player shall be deemed to be match fit in the absence of unequivocal evidence to the contrary which rendered such assessment unnecessary and any dispute between a Player and BCCI as regards such unequivocal evidence shall be decided by an independent and suitably qualified doctor nominated by BCCI.”
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BCCI suggest franchises on international players’ availability, releases list of players with doubt action
While, the BCCI has advised franchises that players from England and West Indies, who will be involved in a 3-match Test series in the Caribbean, will be not available for the first some games of the 15th IPL season.
The Test series West India against England will occur between March 12-28. The IPL, while, is likely to get on March 27.
Likewise, IPL-bound players from South Africa and Bangladesh can also miss the season’s first few matches, as they will not be available in a 3-match ODI rubber and 2-Test matches.
BCCI announced another list for 13 players who are likewise banned or on the watchlist because of suspicious activity. Players banned from bowling include Manish Pandey, KL Shrijith, and Ishank Jaggi. A few names of players on the watchlist include Darshan Nalkande, Sudip Chatterjee, R Samarth, Arpit GuleriaVicky Ostwal, Apoorv Wankhade, Dharmendra Singh Jadeja, Jay Bista, and Azim Kazi.
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