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BCCI plans to revamp domestic cricket. posted under: India | All news Certain changes advised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India back in March might be a reality soon as they get ready to revamp domestic cricket in India.. A special panel, including BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale and former captains Sourav Ganguly (head of the Technical Committee, BCCI) and Anil Kumble was formed sometime back to help in deciding which suggestions would be fruitful and would become a permanent change to help improve the quality of Indian cricket in the future. The suggestions were made by the Technical Committee and various Ranji Trophy captains and coaches, in March. Talks about the revamp started after India’s terrible form in the test series on their tour of Australia. At that time, the BCCI had announced that all Ranji Trophy games would be played at neutral venues to force the State Association to prepare fair wickets. Some of the recent suggestions include home-and-away ties, playing on uncovered wickets, increasing the gap between Ranji Trophy games from three to four and introducing a league format for the Duleep Trophy. There was also a suggestion for Kookaburra balls to be used in the Duleep Trophy. The Technical Committee of the BCCI will meet in Mumbai in June the 12th, focusing primarily on discussions regarding all these suggestions. The coach of Bengal WV Raman has also suggested a change in the points format for the Ranji Trophy games, which would in turn help encourage teams to go for bigger, more convincing victories. He also said that allowing bowlers to use three bouncers per over would help batsmen improve their skill with short deliveries, one of the main factors in the International team’s series defeat in Australia. The Technical Committee’s recommendation that knockout games in the Ranji Trophy be made five-day affairs, like the final, had also been welcomed by the captains and coaches. After the BCCI decides and applies changes to the domestic form of the game next week, all players will have a lot to focus on and some of these suggestions will definitely give them a more complete capability. It will also help India with their tour of New Zealand in September later this year. Type Your Comments Comments Name Good to know of Ganguly's involvement in this. He was one of the first who felt that we needed to move away from the traditional way we played cricket and he backed faster wickets even at home. Varun It's about time this happened. After all how much longer will domestic players continue old school? Sunil