All cricketers will travel in the team bus only, strict rules made for wives also: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a big decision after the defeat to Australia. Now strict rules have been made for the cricketer's family. Under the new rules, if a tournament is of 45 days or more, then the family will be allowed to stay with the players for only 14 days and if the tour is of less days than this, then it can be 7 days. At the same time, under the new rules, wives cannot stay with the players during the entire tournament. The family can stay together for only 2 weeks. All players will have to travel in the team bus. Let us tell you that after the poor performance in the Test series against Australia and New Zealand, the Indian team will first play T20 and then ODI series against England. After that, it has to participate in the Champions Trophy in the month of February.
Will not pay extra luggage charges
At the same time, Gautam Gambhir's personal manager will also not be allowed to sit in the VIP box or team bus. They will have to stay in some other hotel. If the luggage of the players is more than 150 kg, then BCCI will not pay the extra luggage charges to the players. BCCI recently held a review meeting with Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir after the Australia series.
Decision to avoid hasty reaction
During this time, BCCI decided to avoid any kind of hasty reaction in the matter of team combination. It is understood that an important ODI tournament like the Champions Trophy is to be held in the next six weeks, in such a situation any kind of immediate reaction can have a negative impact on the team as well as the support staff.
India's condition was bad on the tour of Australia
Team India had to face a shameful defeat of 1-3 in the recently concluded five-match Border Gavaskar Test series against Australia. Due to this, the Indian team could not even qualify for the World Test Championship. This was the reason why the Indian team failed to qualify for the WTC final for the first time in three seasons of the World Test Championship.
Faced 0-3 defeat against New Zealand
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team surrendered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) to Australia last Sunday after a decade. Team India had to face a 0-3 defeat against New Zealand at home. Due to two setbacks, India missed out on playing the final of the World Test Championship. Kohli scored 190 runs in 5 Test matches of BGT at an average of 23.75. At the same time, Rohit Sharma was able to score only 31 runs in 3 matches at an average of 6.20.
Team weaknesses seen in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
In the recent 3-1 defeat against Australia in BGT, one thing was clearly visible that the players of the Indian cricket team become weak in front of the 'red ball'. Rohit Sharma's condition with the bat was very bad. Carelessness was shown in shot selection. As a result, Rishabh Pant was getting out repeatedly by playing risky strokes. Batsmen were making the same mistake again and again.
Bowlers were not ready to bowl long spells
Kohli was not able to play the balls outside the off-stump. Bowlers were not ready to bowl long spells. Siraj was often losing rhythm and Harshit Rana was struggling to maintain pace. Overall, the players lacked the ability to adopt the nature of Test. Gill was seen trying by coming out of the crease. At the same time, Rohit Sharma was seen playing strokes at the beginning of his innings.