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BCCI ushers in a vibrant Future Tours Programme
India will host 81 matches across formats from 2019-2023, 30 more than the previous Future Tours Programme, but the number of playing days for the ever-busy cricketers will come down with the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday deciding to prune the Test schedule against lesser-ranked teams.
New Delhi: India will host 81 matches across formats from 2019-2023, 30 more than the previous Future Tours Programme, but the number of playing days for the ever-busy cricketers will come down with the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday deciding to prune the Test schedule against lesser-ranked teams.
The revised FTP was agreed upon unanimously at the Board's Special General Body Meeting (SGM) in New Delhi -- a move that will see India playing more Tests against Australia, England and South Africa but also addressing captain Virat Kohli's complaints on player fatigue.
A working group, comprising all three office-bearers, will take a final call on this. "Earlier, the proposed FTP for the five year cycle (2019-2023) had 51 matches across three formats. The new proposal has 81 home matches in that cycle," acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary said after the meeting.
Chaudhary said that match days at home will go down by 20 percent, but there is a marked 60 percent increase in matches at home. However, the series against lesser-ranked teams will come down, a top official PTI on condition of anonymity.
While the break-up was not provided, Chaudhary's brief made it clear that India will be playing an increased number of T20 Internationals at home while the bulk of big Test series will be against Australia, England and South Africa.
The format likely to be hit most will be bilateral ODIs. "Half of our home games, we will play against the big three -- Australia, South Africa and England," Chaudhary said. Among other issues, the BCCI decided to continue its legal fight against the defunct Kochi Tuskers, who recently won a compensation claim to the tune of Rs 850 crore.
"We then put the matter to our legal team. We have decided we must not settle this out of court. We will continue with legal procedure," the BCCI secretary said. The conditional revocation of Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) happened on expected lines with a rider given to them that former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi, who is under a life ban from the BCCI, won't come back in the association in any capacity.
