The BCCI has decided to stage all the Ranji Trophy knockout games at neutral venues in the 2014-15 season. This would mean a change to current norm by which knockouts are played on a rotational home-and-away basis. The decision was recommended by the technical committee recently and was formalised during the tour, programme and fixtures committee meeting in Mumbai. The neutral venues will be shortlisted by the ground and pitches committee, based on the performance of pitches in the league stage. In the previous season, three of the four quarter-finals and a semi-final were played on the home turf of one of the competing teams due to the home-and-away policy. Earlier, in 2007-08 and 2008-09, the BCCI had implemented the concept of staging knockout games at neutral venues. However, it reverted to the home-and-away format after Sachin Tendulkar expressed that home advantage should be enjoyed in the Ranji Trophy knockouts. The tour, programme and fixtures committee meeting, which was chaired by Rajiv Shukla via videoconferencing, also finalised the domestic season schedule. Indias 2014-15 domestic schedule Duleep Trophy: October 15 to November 3 Zonal one-day leagues: November 7 to 14 Vijay Hazare Trophy: November 19 to 25 Deodhar Trophy: November 29 to December 3 Ranji Trophy league: December 7 to February 8 Ranji Trophy quarter-finals: February 15 to 19 Ranji Trophy semi-finals: February 25 to March 1 Ranji Trophy final: March 8 to 12 Irani Cup: March 17 to 21 Zonal Twenty20: March 25 to 28 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: April 1 to 7 Ranji Trophy 2014-15 groups Group A Karnataka, Bengal, Mumbai, Railways, UP, Baroda, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh Group B Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Saurashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Vidarbha, Haryana, Odisha Group C Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Hyderabad, Andhra, Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand, Services
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:29:16 +0000
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