BCCI Won’t Be Responsible For Wives And Girlfriends of Cricketers on Tours

The board said that it is cricketers’ responsibility to take care of their travel companions and the board will not be accountable for any of the family members.

New Delhi: The Board of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) will not take care of lodging of cricketers’ wife, girlfriend or family during Team India’s tours. Earlier, BCCI even sent a proposal to the Supreme Court directed Committee of Administrators (CoA) asking for the separate manager appointed specially for the cricketers’ wives and girlfriends during their tours.

However, CoA said that it is cricketers’ responsibility to take care of their travel companions and the board will not be accountable for any of the family members. They also made it clear that other than team manager there won’t be any separate manager for any purpose.  

Prior to CoA decision, BCCI even appointed Mayank Parikh for managing the wives of the cricketers separately in Cape Town. But on January 3, CoA head Vinod Rai rejected the board’s plan saying that there is no need for an extra manager as an officer named Rishikesh Upadhyay is already looking after the team members and their needs.

Also, according to the reports, the board has allowed the players’ families to stay in South Africa for just two weeks, which means that they will have to return after the first Test match ends in Newlands.

Currently, on South Africa tour, most of the Indian cricketers like skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane and Wriddhiman Saha, are accompanied by their respected wives.