The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not happy with the Indian cricketers traveling with their wives and children. The board has allowed the players to have their family while touring abroad, for two weeks but now BCCI is finding it hard to make all the arrangements for them.

The sources have revealed that board had some issue during India’s tour of Australia, where they faced a problem in managing the transport for players, team staff and family members. The number increased to 40 and they had to hire two extra buses for them.

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It was the Indian captain Virat Kohli who asked to give permission for WAGs to stay over during the foreign tour. Then BCCI allowed the wives to stay with their husband post first 10 days of the tour. They also tried ‘family period’, where a family can stay for certain days, which can vary from tour to tour. Although it doesn’t cost BCCI any money as the cricketers themselves pay the bills of their family, the board is finding it hard to cope with the situation.

TOI quoted a BCCI official saying “If the team is travelling with less number of members, it is easier to manage. It’s easy for BCCI staff to make off-field arrangements. Right from booking tickets to rooms, the entire management of handling the arrangement is with BCCI. It would be a logistical nightmare if this arrangement – of families traveling with the players – continues to be there in England for the entire duration of the World Cup.”

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Taking a cue from the recently concluded Australian tour, BCCI isn’t happy that a few Test players who weren’t even regulars, traveled with their extended families for two weeks. “It is difficult to manage all of them together. There is also the problem of arranging match tickets for their families. It has to be regulated. This is not a question of money,” the official added.