Players will not be considered for Delhi in other formats if they dodge Ranji: DDCA president Rohan Jaitley
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New Delhi: A controversy is never far from Delhi cricket. As the third edition of the Delhi Premier League T20 comes to a close, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) president Rohan Jaitley spoke to TOI on the pressing issues...
How has the DPL benefitted Delhi cricket so far?
DPL has been consistently throwing up names who are fetching good prices in the IPL. We expect a few more this year. But it has turned around the women’s game altogether. The senior Delhi team won the women’s national one-day tournament. The U-23 team has won once and finished runners-up once.
How does it impact the revenue?
All I can say is that the DDCA can now take care of the expenses for all the Delhi state teams across age-groups and genders throughout the year with the profit we make from this league.
There have been doubts cast on quality of players playing, especially with the Dev Chaudhary controversy...
DDCA, by principle, revisits every regulation of the league after each season. I feel for the boy for what he has to go through.
What’s the plan with the new stadium?
We have identified two spots in Delhi. One is the landfill in Okhla and the other is near Badarpur. We are in the process of finalising the venue to build a stadium with 70-80k capacity. We are in talks with BCCI to come up with suggestions or a collaboration to create a state-of-the-art facility.
Many players avoid playing Ranji Trophy and just focus on T20 leagues...
That is something we have observed, especially with a few senior fast bowlers. We will keep a close watch on them this season. If they dodge Ranji Trophy, they will not be considered for Delhi in other formats.
How has the DPL benefitted Delhi cricket so far?
DPL has been consistently throwing up names who are fetching good prices in the IPL. We expect a few more this year. But it has turned around the women’s game altogether. The senior Delhi team won the women’s national one-day tournament. The U-23 team has won once and finished runners-up once.
How does it impact the revenue?
All I can say is that the DDCA can now take care of the expenses for all the Delhi state teams across age-groups and genders throughout the year with the profit we make from this league.
There have been doubts cast on quality of players playing, especially with the Dev Chaudhary controversy...
DDCA, by principle, revisits every regulation of the league after each season. I feel for the boy for what he has to go through.
What’s the plan with the new stadium?
We have identified two spots in Delhi. One is the landfill in Okhla and the other is near Badarpur. We are in the process of finalising the venue to build a stadium with 70-80k capacity. We are in talks with BCCI to come up with suggestions or a collaboration to create a state-of-the-art facility.
Many players avoid playing Ranji Trophy and just focus on T20 leagues...
That is something we have observed, especially with a few senior fast bowlers. We will keep a close watch on them this season. If they dodge Ranji Trophy, they will not be considered for Delhi in other formats.
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