The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a big step before the preparations for the Champions Trophy 2025. After the disappointing performance on the Australia tour, BCCI has implemented strict rules regarding the behavior of players and team management.
Strictness after poor performance on Australia tour
Team India had to face poor performance in Test cricket in recent times.
- Against New Zealand: 0-3 loss in the home series.
- Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Defeat 1-3 in Australia.
These failures forced the BCCI to take tough decisions to improve team management and discipline.
Important decision of BCCI
1. Strictness on traveling with families
- Wives and families of players will not be allowed to accompany them for the entire duration of foreign tours.
- Family maximum on trips longer than 45 days 14 days Will be able to live together till.
- Family only on short trips 1 week Can stay in the team hotel till.
- During the first Australia tour, the families of many players were with them the entire time, which has now been decided to be stopped.
2. All players will travel together
- All players to maintain team unity team bus Will have to travel from.
- In recent times, many star players were seen traveling by private means, which has now been closed.
- No player, no matter how big a star he is, will be able to travel separately.
3. Personal manager not allowed
- The presence of Gautam Gambhir’s personal manager in the team during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy had created controversy.
- Now personal staff or managers have been instructed to stay away from the team.
- All team members will use only official team tools.
Decisions taken in Mumbai review meeting
These decisions were taken in a review meeting held in Mumbai on Saturday. The meeting included:
- Senior BCCI officials.
- head coach Gautam Gambhir,
- main selector Ajit Agarkar,
- captain of team india Rohit Sharma,
The performance of the players, team unity, and improvement of team management were discussed in the meeting.
BCCI’s objective: Team discipline and unity
- Team unity is being given priority after recent poor performances.
- Team rules will take precedence over individual preferences.
- All members of the team will have to follow discipline, even if it is a star player.
