Explained: BCCI’s new rules for Ranji Trophy. Starting date, Squads for domestic tournaments

Accordingly,
the
number
of
support
staff
is
capped
at
a
total
of
10.
The
BCCI
officials
in
the
know
of
developments
confirmed
the
same
and
said
the
season
starts
with
the
Women’s
U-19
tournament
and
the
Syed
Mushtaq
Ali
that
get
underway
from
October
27.

The
coveted
Ranji
Trophy
will
get
underway
from
January
5,
2022.
The
source
further
told
ANI
that
the
BCCI
has
informed
state
associations
to
pick
a
team
physician
in
each
of
the
squads
to
manage
COVID-19
related
issues.

The
team
physician
is
separate
from
the
team
physiotherapist
and
is
inclusive
of
the
10
support
staff
members.
The
last
date
for
the
inter-state
transfer
and
registration
of
guest
players
will
be
15
days
prior
to
the
start
of
the
specific
tournament.

As
for
the
grouping
and
qualification
system
for
the
tournaments,
for
Syed
Mushtaq
Ali
T20
Trophy,
Ranji
Trophy
and
Vijay
Hazare
Trophy,
there
will
be
five
Elite
Groups
consisting
of
six
teams
each
and
one
Plate
Group
with
eight
teams.

There
will
be
five
matches
per
team
across
all
groups.
The
winner
of
the
five
Elite
Groups
will
make
it
directly
to
the
quarterfinals.
The
second
placed
teams
from
each
Elite
Group
and
the
winner
of
the
Plate
Group
will
play
three
pre-quarter
finals
and
the
three
winners
will
complete
the
quarters
line-up.

For
the
senior
Women’s
One
Day,
T20,
and
Women’s
Under
19
(One-Day),
there
will
be
five
Elite
Groups
consisting
of
six
teams
and
one
Plate
Group
consisting
of
six
teams.

Many
of
the
domestic
tournaments
have
been
suspended
since
last
year
because
of
the
Coronavirus
pandemic,
and
the
BCCI
had
to
cancel
the
Ranji
Trophy
for
the
first
time
in
several
years.