Umpires to evaluate match referees for the 2018-19 season of Indian domestic cricket
BCCI GM - Saba Karim announced that the Indian governing body will have its registered umpires evaluating the performances of its match referees instead of the other way round like before. The 2018-19 season of domestic cricket will witness nine states being brought into the first-class category.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India have made some interesting changes which will affect the manner in which domestic cricket is played in India. Saba Karim, BCCI General Manager, recently announced the board’s decision to have its registered umpires assess the performance of the match referees, instead of it being done the other way round like the year’s before.
"We have addressed the issue of paucity of match referees, umpires
The 2018-19 season will see a total of nine new state team’s make their debut in the domestic circuit for the first time. This season will see a total of 2,017 matches (across all formats, gender, and age-groups) set to be conducted by the BCCI and Karim's main focus this year is to ease the North Eastern teams into the domestic cricketing circuit.
"Some of the new teams like Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Puducherry have been preparing very well and I am hopeful that they will do well. The North Eastern states also have some very fit boys. Yes, the skill part is being developed but you need to start somewhere. We need to give them chance expecting that they will become competitive.
"Each new state is being provided four administrative staff comprising one to take care of finances, one for cricket operations and two for logistics. Along with this, four groundstaff including one head curator, one maintenance manager and two assistant curators (BCCI accreditated). The NE grounds are expected to get ready by September 7. Apart from