Why Would You Want To Inform Gamers That …: Harbhajan Singh Opens Up On BCCIs 10-Level Guideline For Staff India

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday asserted that the BCCI’s 10-point coverage for its centrally-contracted gamers has truly been in place since his taking part in days and wished to know when was it “altered” and by whom. 

Terming the rules “contemporary documentation”, Harbhajan mentioned the transfer diverts consideration from the group’s forgettable on-field efficiency in opposition to New Zealand and Australia just lately.

Days after the 1-3 defeat within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the BCCI has give you a 10-point diktat to advertise “self-discipline and unity”, making home cricket obligatory, imposing restriction on the presence of households and private employees on excursions and banning particular person industrial endorsements throughout sequence.

To Harbhajan, all these measures appeared like outdated wine in a brand new bottle.

“Let me first put this on report. Once I was studying the journey coverage doc reported by the media, I hardly discovered something new from the final time I represented India as a centrally-contracted cricketer,” Harbhajan informed PTI throughout an interplay.

“At the very least 9 out of 10 factors, together with period of household visits, staying in similar lodge, follow timings, all are similar. My query is that if these guidelines had been in place throughout my time, who all have altered it and when? That needs to be probed,” Harbhajan, who has 700 plus worldwide wickets throughout codecs, mentioned.

The identical assertion was additionally made by one in every of Harbhajan’s former India teammates Irfan Pathan.

For Harbhajan, what’s definitely not humorous is the timing of issuing these tips as he feels the dialogue ought to have been strictly on cricket solely.

“Hum log mudde se bhatak rahein hain (We’re deviating from the primary situation). We did not lose 1-3 as a result of wives and companions had been there for 2 months. We did not lose as a result of somebody travelled individually.

“We misplaced as a result of we’ve got performed very poor cricket at occasions. We did not bat effectively even at residence. Now we have gamers who’re horribly off form. What are the course corrections being made? Or is it simply these off-the-field issues being mentioned?” he questioned.

One among India’s most interesting spinners, Harbhajan then recollected his taking part in days.

“I believe a number of the factors wanted to be revisited as a result of they had been being flouted. Like in our occasions, I by no means noticed a Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid or Anil Kumble depart for Mumbai, Kolkata or Bengaluru simply because the match has led to three days and subsequent sport is per week away.

“All of them stayed and travelled to subsequent vacation spot. Solely change I see (within the new rulebook) is 150 kg suitcase allowance. Again within the day, we used to have lesser.

“Why would you might want to inform gamers that you need to journey by group bus? That is a given. If somebody was breaking the rule, that particular person must be probed.”

Whereas he fully supported barring the non-public entourage of any specific participant or a coach, Harbhajan felt that the BCCI can have a few high quality cooks travelling with the group.

“BCCI has deep pockets. Why do you might want to carry private cooks. In soccer World Cup, massive groups carry their very own chef, who takes care of dietary necessities of gamers. Have a few group cooks. It isn’t an enormous deal,” he added.

Gautam Gambhir’s Function Is On Discipline Not Administrative

In response to Harbhajan, the one factor new within the coverage doc is gamers requiring prior approval of head coach Gautam Gambhir on sure issues, and the previous spinner did not agree with that.

“In our occasions, it was written that prior approval of BCCI was wanted on sure issues. So, for approvals, drop a mail to BCCI and ask for permission. Why does the top coach must get into all this? That’s not his job.

“His job is on the sphere and within the technical elements the place we’re missing. Administrative half needs to be left with competent individuals within the BCCI,” he mentioned.