‘You want household, however …’: Kapil Dev weighs in on BCCI’s household journey curbs throughout cricket excursions | Cricket Information – The Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Former India captain and 1983 World Cup-winning legend Kapil Dev has weighed in on the continued debate over cricketers’ households travelling throughout prolonged excursions, calling for a balanced method.
The BCCI lately launched a brand new coverage following India’s 1-3 Check collection loss to Australia within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, proscribing household presence on excursions longer than 45 days. As per the rules, households can be a part of gamers for as much as 14 days on longer excursions and simply 7 days on shorter ones.
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“That is the cricket board’s stance; mine is sure, you want household, however you additionally want the crew on a regular basis. In our time, we used to say to ourselves, not by the cricket board, that the primary half needs to be about cricket; within the latter half, households ought to come and revel in as effectively. It needs to be a mix,” stated Kapil, talking on the sidelines of the Kapil Dev-Grant Thornton Invitational 2025 press convention at The Claridges, New Delhi, on Tuesday.
The subject has spurred reactions from the present cricketers, with Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli additionally voicing his perspective on the RCB Innovation Lab Summit in Bengaluru.

“The contribution of household is difficult to articulate to outsiders… how rejuvenating it’s to return to your loved ones after enduring one thing intense outdoors. I imagine individuals usually overlook the worth it brings,” Kohli had stated. “I desire to not retreat to my room and sulk alone. I wish to keep a way of normalcy. This fashion, you possibly can view your sport as a duty.”
Kapil, additionally the president of the Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI), was addressing the media forward of the third version of the Kapil Dev-Grant Thornton Invitational, which shall be held from April 23 to 26 on the Status Golfshire in Bengaluru.
The occasion will, for the primary time, function India’s prime female and male golfers competing for a similar prize purse of Rs 2 crore.
Reflecting on the contrasting maintenance of cricket and golf venues, Kapil quipped, “After I finished taking part in cricket, I all the time used to say how come these greenkeepers preserve the inexperienced so good. Within the cricket floor, not even 2 acres, 3 acres, we nonetheless have patches. We nonetheless put color there to cowl that. However right here we now have 160 acres of land completely inexperienced, so cricket has quite a bit to study from golf.”