The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, Sourav Ganguly has confirmed that the board will soon be coming up with a “revised plan” for the remaining domestic tournaments. Due to the Covid-19 situation in the country, the BCCI recently postponed the various domestic tournament including the 2021/22 Ranji Trophy.

Sourav Ganguly said in a letter to affiliated units that the remaining tournaments had to be postponed due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases within the teams and in the country.

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As per the quotes in India Today, in the letter, Sourav Ganguly wrote: “As you are aware, we had to put on hold the currently ongoing domestic season due to the worsening Covid 19 situation. The Covid cases are rapidly increasing and there were multiple positive cases in many teams. It posed an imminent threat to the health and safety of players, officials and all others related to the running of the tournaments.”

Hr further added, “The BCCI would like to reassure that it will do everything to restart the domestic season once the Covid situation is under control. We are committed to holding the remaining tournaments for this season. The Board will shortly come back to you with a revised plan.”

The Ranji Trophy had been canceled last season due to Covid-19 and on Tuesday, the BCCI announced that the remaining tournaments had been postponed due to the current scenario in the country.

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In a statement regarding the same, BCCI said, “The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the postponement of the Ranji Trophy, Col C K Nayudu Trophy & Senior Women’s T20 League for the 2021-22 season in the wake of the rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The Ranji Trophy & Col C K Nayudu Trophy were scheduled to begin this month while the Senior Women’s T20 League was scheduled to commence in February.”