The 18th meeting of the Apex Council was held in Mumbai on Friday. Many big decisions have been taken in this. The BCCI has announced that bowlers will now be able to bowl 2 bouncers instead of one in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to strike the right combination between the bowler and the batsmen. The Council approved the entry of men’s and women’s teams in the Asian Games. Apart from this, many other decisions have been taken.
announced in a media release
A media release issued on Saturday said that the BCCI has allowed two bouncers in an over to maintain the balance between the batsmen and the bowlers in the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament. Significantly, this will be the 16th season of Syed Ali Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The tournament will be played from 16 October to 6 November.
Apart from this, BCCI has said that before the toss, the team can choose the playing XI with 4 impact players and at any time during the match, the team can field its impact player. There is no additional limit for this. It was told that BCCI will now send men’s and women’s teams to China to participate in the Asian Games. For this, the players who did not get a chance in the World Cup. Only those will be selected.