Ganguly, Karim acknowledge Vijay Hazare issues, aim at rectification

After being appointed as  BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly mitted to issues that plague Vijay Hazare Trophy in his press conference on Wednesday. final of Vijay Hazare Trophy will take place on October 25 as Karnataka face Tamil Nu at M. Chinnaswamy Stium in Bengaluru. Apart from Ganguly, BCCI General Manr Saba Karim too was positive about making a change in rules for Vijay Hazare Trophy in a recent interview with a media portal.

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Pre-established rules were being followed

Two out of four quarter-finals of Vijay Hazare Trophy were t played due to rains and Ganguly was asked why re were reserve days in place for kckout matches. Ganguly ackwledged need for reserve days but clarified that teams that qualified without being able to play quarter-finals did so on basis of rules which were established before tournament began. In case of a match t being played, team with more wins in group st would progress furr and that is what happened when Tamil Nu and Chattisgarh progressed into semi-finals after ir quarter-finals got washed out. He ended by ackwledging fact that even though rule was put in place to give importance to group st performance, BCCI would consider rules for reserve days for kckout matches in future editions of competition. 

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Karim explains how scheduling is hard

During conversation, Saba Karim ded that scheduling was particularly hard because players need a break during Diwali and New Year as well. ding reserve days would only make schedule lengthier. He furr stated that ding reserve days for Vijay Hazare trophy could create demands from or tournaments as re are reserve days for Ranji Trophy. 

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Is kckout rule unfair?

Ar issue which was brought into limelight by Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh was that every group in Vijay Hazare Trophy plays different number of matches. If an unplayable kckout gets decided in favour of a team who has more wins, it may end up as unfair because or team may have t even played as many matches as its opponent during group st. Karim ackwledged that BCCI would also take a look at this since this is indeed a legitimate issue but he clarified again that team's board objected to this rule before season went through.

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