After Virat Kohli’s criticism, BCCI might rethink household keep coverage: Sources

The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) might think about making modifications to its household keep coverage if gamers want to have their households and shut ones accompany them on tour for prolonged durations, sources have advised India At present. Members of the family will probably be permitted to stick with gamers and assist workers for longer than the present guidelines enable, offered gamers acquire prior approval from the board.

This improvement comes simply days after Virat Kohli expressed his disappointment with the coverage, stressing the significance of gamers spending time with their family members after high-intensity matches, significantly on abroad excursions.

“Gamers can apply for permission if they need their households to remain longer on excursions. The BCCI will decide because it sees match,” a high BCCI supply mentioned.

The BCCI launched a 10-point disciplinary guideline for senior males’s group gamers following the disastrous tour of Australia earlier in 2025, proscribing the time households had been allowed to stick with gamers on abroad excursions. These restrictions on household journey had been reintroduced after being relaxed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, following a assessment assembly with head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma after the Australia tour.

Throughout the assembly, coach Gambhir had reportedly raised issues a few lack of cohesion within the dressing room, prompting the BCCI to implement stricter measures.

WHAT DOES CURRENT FAMILY POLICY SAY?

• Gamers absent from India for greater than 45 days throughout abroad excursions might be joined by their companions and youngsters (below 18) for one go to per collection (format-wise) of as much as a two-week interval.
• The BCCI will cowl shared lodging with the participant for the guests’ interval. All different bills are to be borne by the participant.
• Visits should be scheduled at a single time throughout dates agreed upon by the Coach, Captain, and GM Operations.
• Any deviation from this coverage should be pre-approved by the coach, captain and GM Operations. Further bills outdoors the guests’ interval is not going to be lined by the BCCI.

WHAT WAS VIRAT KOHLI’S CONCERN?

At a latest promotional occasion within the lead-up to IPL 2025, Virat Kohli had voiced out towards the restrictions on household journey.

“When you ask any participant, would you like your loved ones to be round you on a regular basis? You may be like, sure. I do not wish to go to my room and simply sit alone and sulk. I need to have the ability to be regular. After which you may actually deal with your recreation as one thing that could be a accountability. You end that accountability, and also you come again to life,” the previous captain mentioned, in a strongly-worded assertion.

World Cup-winning former captain Kapil Dev, talking to the press on Tuesday, backed Virat Kohli and defined how households travelled with the gamers on abroad excursions throughout his tenure within the senior nationwide group.

“I believe that is a cricket board’s name. Mine is, sure, you want a household, however sure, you want a group additionally on a regular basis. In our time, we used to say to ourselves, not by the cricket board, the primary half let me play cricket. Within the second half, the households ought to come there and revel in it too. It must be mix,” Kapil mentioned.

Indian gamers had been joined by their households within the UAE throughout the Champions Trophy marketing campaign. The likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma celebrated the momentous triumph with their households in Dubai on March 9.