North eastern states to play Ranji Trophy next year

[rageaddict]

NEW DELHI: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Friday assured that all six north eastern states will be playing Ranji Trophy as individual units next season with BCCIGM (Game Development), Ratnakar Shetty, given charge of their smooth integration.

The six states Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh met Vinod Rai for one and a half hour with plea of taking part as a combined unit this season.

However, they were assured that by next season they would be part of Ranji Trophy while they will play as separate states in the age group categories (U-16, U-19 And U-23) from this season onwards.

"The CoA chief Mr Vinod Rai told us that since Ranji Trophy is starting from October 6, it will be difficult to play this season. However, we will be playing as individual states from next season. After all these years, this is the first time we have got complete assurance. Prof Shetty will look into implementation part," north east convenor Naba Bhattacharjee said after the meeting.

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-domestic/ranji-trophy/north-eastern-states-to-play-ranji-trophy-next-year/articleshow/60422764.cms

 

For the first time ever as many as 6 North East states - Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh - will be playing the Ranji Trophy!

 

[sourab10forever]

Good from democracy point of view...but don't think even one team will be competitive.

But maybe this will help them develop more given the more opportunities the player will get. Will help them in the long term...

 

[gattaca]

9 minutes ago, sourab10forever said:

Good from democracy point of view...but don't think even one team will be competitive.

But maybe this will help them develop more given the more opportunities the player will get. Will help them in the long term...

 

That is a cat and mouse game. If only people from cities like Mumbai , chennai are selected we would have had really poor team. Things have changed for good now. If we have some one like dhoni from small town captaining Indian team. Hopefully we get good cricketers from NE states.

Edited September 10, 2017 by gattaca

[rageaddict]

8 minutes ago, sourab10forever said:

Good from democracy point of view...but don't think even one team will be competitive.

But maybe this will help them develop more given the more opportunities the player will get. Will help them in the long term...

 

Competing in Ranji Trophy that too as individual teams would be no match for regular teams but it will give an idea of the level of Cricket in all NE States. 

 

A combined  IPL team for the entire region with matches based in Guwahati , similar to ISL NE Team could have been more better,  it's the fastest route to developing Cricket and a fan base rather than playing the Longest Format of the game. 

[G_B_]

good

[beetle]

Good.

Why not one from Uttarakhand too?

[Mosher]

Great. Hopefully this unearth some exciting talent from the NE states.

[express bowling]

 

Even if the teams don't do well in the beginning,  a couple of top talents might emerge.

[rkt.india]

we can have tier system back, elite, plate. 

[BeautifulGame]

we can have tier system back, elite, plate. 

Yes that would make so much sense.

Tier system of 4 leagues with 10 team each.Can also introduce relegation and promotion as well.

[PBN]

13 hours ago, rkt.india said:

we can have tier system back, elite, plate. 

current ranji groups are  already a tier system