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BCCI’s acting president CK Khanna said that the board needs to seriously assess skipper Virat Kohli's view on the "cramped schedule" which has left India with little time to prepare for the away series against South Africa next month.
Khanna also wants the board members to take a call on having three back-to-back series in a short span of time.
The veteran administrator admitted that board needs to take a call during future home series.
Indian cricketers have been playing non-stop cricket since start of the IPL, followed by ICC Champions Trophy, away tours of West Indies and Sri Lanka and three successive home series against Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka comprising 23 matches (3 Tests, 11 ODIs and 9 T20 Internationals).
The BCCI usually organises home series from October to December – a dedicated slot that they have demanded from the ICC going into the future.
Originally, the November-December slot was dedicated for home and away series against Pakistan every year till 2023 and accordingly, the broadcasters and sponsors were convinced.
However in the present scenario, the BCCI can't play bilateral series with Pakistan leaving the two-month window wide open.
Sri Lanka has been with the BCCI on ICC policy issues. BCCI lost 2-8 during the ICC Board meeting while opposing the change in governance structure. The only other vote that they got was from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
SLC has been through turbulent times and BCCI has time and again played against them to boost the revenue of the cash-strapped board. Even in March next year, India will be playing a tri-nation T20 tournament in Sri Lanka right after the South Africa series.
No wonder Kohli has raised the issue that authorities should "try and assess the issue".
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