BCCI Suggests Qualification System for Ranji Trophy

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), in its Special General Meeting (SGM), has proposed a qualification system for the new entrants in the forthcoming season of the premium domestic competition Ranji Trophy.

Meanwhile, along with 28 participants. there will be several new entrants in this season. Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) after prolonged legal battle granted status to new members including Bihar and Uttarakhand.

Well, it also included five north-eastern states namely Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, and Meghalaya respectively.

However, the board proposed a qualification system for the new entrants excluding Uttarakhand in the SGM.

Interestingly, the recent meeting took place in Delhi on June 22 (Friday).

“All the teams presently playing Ranji Trophy shall play in the Elite Group of Ranji Trophy. The new teams, namely Bihar and the North Eastern States, represented through the respective BCCI members shall play in the Plate Group of Ranji Trophy,” Sportstar reports.

“The bottom two teams of the Elite Group (on the basis of points and NRR in case of equal points). And the top two teams of the Plate Group shall play a qualifying super-league. The top two teams of the super-league shall play in the Elite Group of Ranji Trophy in the following year. And the bottom two shall play in the Plate Group in the following year,” it adds.

Furthermore, the BCCI members also adopted the same formula for age-group and women’s domestic tournaments.

However, the summary of the decision doesn’t specify how they will decide the bottom-placed team in the top-tier system.

It is unclear whether CoA will accept the members’ resolutions. Vinod Rai, the chief of the two-member committee, has clarified that the SGM in itself cannot be recognised since it was held without the consent of the CoA.

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