The BCCI had to postpone the domestic fixtures which included the Ranji Trophy, Col CK Nayudu Trophy and Women’s T20 league due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in the country.
But the BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has assured the state associations that the board “will do everything to restart the domestic season once the COVID-19 situation is under control”.
“As you are aware, we had to put on hold the currently on-going domestic season due to the worsening COVID-19 situation,” Ganguly said in a letter to state associations.
While the Ranji Trophy and CK Nayudu Trophy were slated to begin this month, the Women’s T20 League was slated to commence in February.
“The COVID cases are rapidly increasing and there were multiple positive cases in many teams. It posed an imminent threat to the health and safety of players, officials and all others related to the running of the tournaments,” Ganguly wrote in the mail to Presidents and Secretaries of all the units.
The former India skipper told the state boards that the BCCI would come up with a revised plan and it is committed to holding the remaining tournaments.
“The BCCI would like to reassure that it will do everything to restart the domestic season once the COVID situation is under control.”
“We are committed to holding the remaining tournaments for this season. The Board will shortly come back to you with a revised plan,” said Ganguly.
Earlier, several Bengal players, India all-rounder Shivam Dube and Mumbai team’s video analyst had tested positive for Covid-19.