According to some of the reports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to allow the Indian veterans like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma to witness the historic event 100-ball Cricket tournament to be held in England. Cricket’s newest format has been proposed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and is expected to start in England from 2020.

Up until now, BCCI has not allowed its players to play in overseas T20 leagues in order to protect their market-leading Indian Premier League (IPL). However, if reports are believed to be true, the BCCI is considering making an exception for “The Hundred”, considering it’s a brand-new format of the game, which is also completely different from Twenty20 Cricket.

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As per the reports, of dailymail.co.uk, it read, “Having Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and other top Indians playing would be an immense boost for the Hundred in its inaugural year, especially when England’s Test players will not be involved. It would also be a helpful bargaining chip for future negotiations around an IPL franchise in London.”

Prior to this, the BCCI had given the nod to women cricketers participating in the Kia Super League T20, starting in England this summer.

In order to take the excitement of the game of cricket to a whole different level, ECB decided to introduce “The Hundred”. The initiative will be targetting the younger audiences and provide a considerable boost to viewers attending the stadium because of the shorter time-span of each match and more cricketing action, all wrapped in one.

This new format will have 100 balls per innings. The major difference will be in terms of the overs bowled, which will consist of 15 traditional overs of six balls and a single 10-ball over to complete each innings. Thus, each match will consist of 40 balls shorter than a T20 and the action will be effectively cut to around two and a half hours.