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Top home sides like Karnataka, Saurashtra and Punjab are among the many six states, which have formally requested the BCCI to conduct the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 from January, as an alternative of proposed December 20 as they’d be wanting preparations for a big-ticket occasion like this. “Karnataka, Saurashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Odisha and Meghalaya have all written to BCCI that they would like the Mushtaq Ali to be held in January,” a senior BCCI official informed PTI on circumstances of anonymity. The BCCI had just lately requested the state items to share their preferences from the 4 choices that got to them, which included both holding solely Ranji Trophy or the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
The different two choices have been both a mix of Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare Trophy or having Mushtaq Ali with Ranji Trophy.
As per the BCCI letter to the member items, the Mushtaq Ali match will want 22 days (December 20 to January 10), whereas Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare would require 67 and 28 days respectively.
It is now clear that with a large IPL public sale anticipated in January, Mushtaq Ali Trophy which reveals gifted uncapped gamers would be the precedence for the Board.
It is known that within the prevailing COVID-19 state of affairs within the nation the place the variety of contaminated folks has crossed 9.5 million, it wasn’t doable for a lot of the states to carry their camps or have the committees in place.
“A lot of states are starting off with their pre-season training and some haven’t even appointed their coaches and selection committees are not in place. It’s only fair that Mushtaq Ali is held in January so that teams can use this whole month to prepare and get ready,” a secretary of one of many state items stated.
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It is known that a lot of the states need Mushtaq Ali, whereas a lot of them do need Ranji Trophy additionally even when it’s a curtailed model in contrast to earlier years as a result of time constraint.
Karnataka is the one state that desires all of the tournaments (Ranji Trophy, Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy) this season.
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