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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has restricted the wives of the cricketers from staying with them for a long period of time during overseas tours. This decision has come after India's humiliating performance against New Zealand and Australia, leading to their exit from the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 finals. These were some of India's worst performances in Test matches in a while, and the Board has taken some actions to avoid such things in the future.
The board has given a time frame until when the wives and family can stay with the players on the overseas tours. If the tour is for 45 days, then the wives will only be allowed to stay for two weeks. However, if the tour is short, then they can stay for just a week.
As per a report by the Dainik Jagaran, the board has also made it mandatory for the players to travel in the team bus during a tour. There are some players who weren't travelling with the team during match days and were coming separately. Now, it will be mandatory for them to be with the team. Apart from this, it was reported that Gautam Gambhir's manager was travelling with the team and staying with them in the hotels. Now, he is barred from doing so.
The India cap shouldn't be given just like that: Sunil Gavaskar
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his column for SportsStar that the management shouldn't give all the players India caps just because they cannot carry more than 16 players with them for any tournament. He slammed the management for not having good bowlers in the team.
"Carrying more than 16 players will indicate the selectors are unsure, and that’s never a good sign. Just because the BCCI can afford to send a large party doesn’t mean the India cap should be given just like that. The usual problem overseas is a lack of practice bowlers, so by all means take a few bowlers over, and they can be given the training and clothing, but not the India cap," wrote Sunil Gavaskar in his column.