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Sourav Ganguly aims for a full-fledged Ranji Trophy in January 2021 | BCCI President Sourav Ganguly aiming for full Ranji Trophy for January 2021

2020 acted as a brick wall and hampered sports events in all possible ways. Though post-mid-year, countries have come together to organized spectator-less tournaments, it is the domestic cricket and women’s cricket in India that has faced a major loss. However, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has said on Saturday that the board is planning to have elaborate plans for junior cricket and women’s tournament.

The Apex Cricket Council disclosed that domestic cricket will tentatively start from January 1, 2021. While talking to PTI, Ganguly said, “We will certainly have the full-fledged Ranji Trophy. But it will probably not be possible to hold all tournaments. We also have elaborate plans for our age-group and women’s cricket. We will start with the Ranji Trophy and then we will also have the other tournaments between March and April”.

The board is planning to organise the matches in such a way that travel will be reduced for the teams. “Puducherry has six grounds and have offered to host. It can host the Plate Group games while the other Groups can play in three different centres. The main motive is to minimise travel for players. Bangalore also has a lot of grounds so it can be one option. Another option can be Dharamsala which has Bilaspur and Nadaun in its proximity”, a BCCI official told PTI.

The matches will be divided into four different groups – Group A, Group B, Group C, and Plate. “Cricket Australia has sent us an itinerary and we discussed the modalities of that itinerary. We will be playing four Tests and that will end in the third week of January. The England series is good three-and-a-half to four months away,” he said. “We still have time. We are monitoring the [Covid-19] situation, which is pretty fluid and will take a call accordingly”, Ganguly said.

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.