Cricket News : BCCI to discuss India's revised FTP amid Covid-19 pandemic

The BCCI will hold its 4th Apex Council Meeting on July 17 in order to work on finalising India's revised FTP and the domestic season. This emergent meeting will be held online like the last one which was held on May 6 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The nine-member Council could also discuss the raging issue of Chinese sponsorship in the IPL. However, any matter concerning the IPL can only be officially taken up by its Governing Council. The Indian cricket team was scheduled to tour Sri Lanka for a limited-overs series in June-July but that series has been postponed indefinitely due to pandemic. A tour of Zimbabwe in August has also been postponed for the time being. With the cases rising rapidly in India, it is not even clear when the players can assemble for a training camp though individually, some of them have hit the nets. Discussion on finalizing the domestic cricket schedule is also on the agenda. The previous season ended with the Ranji Trophy final in March before the nationwide lockdown was enforced. In all probability, it will be a curtailed domestic season especially if the IPL is played in the September-October window which the BCCI has zeroed on, subject to the fate of the T20 World Cup in October-November.