BCCI yet to give a word on bio bubble amid announcement of domestic schedule

The cricketing schedule got marred in 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 peak in many nations across the world. In the same line of events, India’s domestic schedule also suffered a lot with many of the events getting cancelled one after the other. However, BCCI on July 03, announced a full-fledged domestic schedule with all the tournaments to be played in men’s and women’s category.

The season is all set to kick off with women’s one-day league which will be followed by senior women’s one-day Challenger Trophy. The next in line are Mushtaq Ali T20 for men, Ranji Trophy which got cancelled last year and the schedule will see an end with the Vijay Hazare One Dayers. A total of 2127 matches are scheduled in the stretch of the new time period proposed by BCCI.

It has to be noted that CK Nayudu Trophy, Vinoo Mankad, the Cooch Behar Trophy, the Vijay Merchant U-16 tournaments, and the U-23 matches for women will also see the light of the day. However, as the BCCI scheduled all the events, an issue has constantly been crossing the mind of concerned officials. They have stated that though the India board has come up with the schedule, no talks have been done about the bio-bubble.

The BCCI hasn’t shared details yet on bio bubble, says concerned official

“To plan a schedule is easy because there’s a template. The difficult bit is pulling it off. The BCCI hasn’t shared details yet on whether this entire domestic season will be played inside a biosecure bubble. If that’s the case, who will organize the bubble, what are the likely expenses, and will the board bear all the cost?” members added as quoted by the TOI.

“Isn’t that a risky proposition again? It’s good that we want to conduct the domestic season, but safety has to be considered equally paramount,” said the member about last year’s Vijay Hazare One Dayers which were held without a bio bubble security.

The strict bio-bubble is a new safety norm for all the matches that are being held in the COVID-19 era.