BCCI all set with decision on playing criteria for upcoming world test championship

Nagpur: The upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) as BCCI on taking charge of making  decision on, as all set to have  its way at the ICC Futures Tours and Programm (FTP) Meeting as the Board will keep to withstand Pakistan out of the six nations play.

While two day meeting is scheduled with coming month on 7th Dec. at Singapore where along with Pakistan snub, with agenda the BCCI will also look to correct what current regime terms as a “Flawed FTP” as there are two dedicated home channel series every year in February-March and October- November.

With sets of approval and all scheduled approved starting from 2019, nine top test teams will play six series over two years in the two-year test Championship. However BCCICEO Rahul Johri and acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary are supposed to travel to Singapore of the meeting. Reports from senior BCCI Official said “The ICC knows the ground realities and especially chairman Shashank Manohar as he was BCCI President sometimes back. We can’t play Pakistan as it is Indian government’s prerogative to allow us play them in a bilateral series”. Also added our proposed opponent list is all set to be passed at the FTP Meet in Singapore. Also as per new World Test Championship rules, if the opposition is not in the proposed list, India will not have to forfeit point or pay penalty”.

One of responsible and influential official also said” People are talking about two India versus Sri Lanka series inside four months but that’s only the part of the issue. Sri Lanka last played a Test series in India 2009 so they have not played here for eight years. At some point in time they had to come to India for a Test series. However, the earlier regime while deciding on FTP never looked at the balance. We played 13 home tests in 2016-2017 season and the whole of 2018, we will playing abroad. Now what kind of FTP scheduling is this? That is what made Virat Kohli annoyed looking.

As to currently BCCI CEO was in town to witness the second day’s play of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka, while there was also meeting of ICC Chairman Manohar and along with Maharashtra President Abhay Apte. News as per Times of India.