BCCI Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy has asked the board to amend the hospitalization reimbursement policy for women cricketers, besides rule changes to ensure “best available team” for next year’s Women’s U-19 World Cup. is of.
The ICC recently announced that the age group World Cup will finally take place next year after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BCCI sources told PTI that top officials have received a letter from Rangaswamy detailing the existing U-19 rules for women cricketers and the hospitalization plan for senior team members.
“BCCI has a policy that in domestic Under-19 tournaments, a player who has played for four years cannot participate in the Under-19 Championship even if he is under 19. This was apparently done to produce more cricketers. Is.” Rangaswamy has written in the letter which is with PTI.
From India’s senior team, the likes of Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh will be eligible to play the Under-19 ICC event next year.
“When it comes to the World Cup, it must be ensured that those who have not completed 19 years are made eligible for selection, irrespective of the number of years they have played in the domestic U-19 tournament.
“Whether this means that in a World Cup year, this 4-year rule has been relaxed for the selectors to allow them to play in domestic tournaments, that remains to be decided.
“Since the 4-year rule is primarily intended to allow a new crop of players to emerge in domestic cricket, all players (yet to complete 19 years) are required to qualify for at least a World Cup year. During this there is a dire need to relax this rule. Selecting India with the sole aim of building up the strongest team. Please look into it and give favorable consideration.”
Relaxation in Medical Reimbursement Rule
Since there is no first-class cricket for women in India, Rangaswamy wants the BCCI to relax the eligibility criteria for 10 matches for claiming hospitalization expenses from the board. The multi-day domestic event was called off after the 2017–18 season, with a focus on white-ball formats.
“BCCI has reimbursement of hospitalization expenses for the entire life time of a player up to a maximum of Rs 10 lakh. The scheme sets a mandatory criterion in which a player has to play a minimum of 10 first-class matches to be eligible for this benefit.
He wrote, “The criterion for ten first class matches is the same for both male and female cricketers. Women cricketers will never be eligible for reimbursement of hospitalization expenses under the above criteria as they do not play any three-day match.” Huh.” ,
Rangaswamy wants all Indian players to be covered under the scheme, regardless of the sport they played.
“In the light of the above discrepancy, there is a dire need to revisit/revise the norms of women cricketers under the Hospitalization Reimbursement Scheme. I seek your permission to place the following points for your consideration.
“The well-intentioned BCCI welfare measures to take care of former players will not see the light of day unless the eligibility criteria for women cricketers is changed.
She said, “I urge this reputed body to formulate the above stated policy to ensure that the welfare measures reach / reach the women cricketers of the country who have served the game well in their days. “
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