Women’s One day games postponed due to lack of umpires

Recently, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had written a letter to BCCI expressing disappointment at the direction in which the Indian cricket was headed. Now the BCCI has postponed Cooch Behar Trophy and Women’s One-day games due to lack of umpires which seems to be fitting as an apt example for what Ganguly intended to express.

“We needed to ensure that umpires get equal number of games as also we have neutral umpires. Not to forget that we have so many games to be played through the season, Saba Karim said to HT.

A BCCI official, on condition of anonymity, also lambasted the BCCI administration that such decisions at such short notices wouldn't inspire confidence and are also logistical nightmares. 

"Yes this season has 2017 matches but the schedule has similar number of matches from many years it has not increased suddenly which shows that the administration lacks foresight this time.

“Every time you think the BCCI’s administration can’t get more incompetent, they dive to a more ridiculous depth and surprise you with an even more ridiculous goof up. I have never experienced a situation in the BCCI where one round of a tournament had to be postponed because of unavailability of umpires.

“Did Saba Karim even realise the amount of logistical mess he is landing everyone in. Advance payments to hotels have been made and air tickets have been purchased at non-refundable fares. They seem to go out of their way to prove Sourav Ganguly right about the direction that Indian cricket has taken,” a BCCI official said.

The changes, which has been done are in the Cooch Behar trophy third-round games that will now be played from Jan 21 to 24 instead of December 17 to 20 while the knockouts have been shifted from January 29 to February 18. On the other hand, the senior women’s knockout one-day matches have been changed from December 24-29 to December 26-31.