New Delhi: World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev on Tuesday backed the concept of households travelling with cricketers on excursions however referred to as for a “balanced approach” in coping with the problem that has divided opinion.
The Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational will tee off at Bengaluru’s Status Golfshire from April 23-26. (HT)
Kapil’s feedback come days after Virat Kohli expressed his disappointment over BCCI’s diktat on curbing household visits on excursions lasting greater than 45 days, permitting a most of 14 days of household time. For shorter excursions, gamers may deliver their households for a most of 1 week.
BCCI’s directives got here within the wake of India’s whitewash at residence by the hands of New Zealand and a 1-3 humbling in Australia within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On the recently-concluded Champions Trophy, the gamers’ households who travelled to Dubai didn’t keep within the group resort and their bills have been borne by the gamers, not BCCI.
“Well, I don’t know, that’s individual. I think it’s the cricket board’s call,” mentioned the 1983 World Cup-winning captain, talking on the sidelines of the launch of the third version of Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational event.
“My view is, yes, you need family. But you also need a team, all the time. You need to have a balanced approach,” he mentioned.
“In our time, we used to say to ourselves — not by the cricket board — that the first half of the tour should be cricket, and in the second half, the family should come and enjoy it too. It should be a blend,” Kapil, who can also be the president of Skilled Golf Tour of India (PGTI), added.
Earlier, Kohli, talking on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Innovation Lab Indian Sports activities Summit lately, admitted to being disillusioned on the rule being applied and households being blamed for gamers’ poor performances.
“It’s very difficult to explain to people how grounding it is to just come back to your family every time you have something which is intense, which happens on the outside,” he mentioned. “I don’t think people have an understanding of what value it brings to a large extent. And I feel quite disappointed about that because it’s like people who have no control over what’s going on are kind of brought into conversations and put out at the forefront that, ‘oh, maybe they need to be kept away’.”
‘Golf with a dash of T20’
The third version of Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational guarantees to have a “dash of T20 cricket,” Kapil mentioned. The event will tee off at Bengaluru’s Status Golfshire from April 23-26 and can function a area of 72 professionals and amateurs.
The occasion shall be performed in a blended format, which means each women and men golfers shall be in motion. Out of the 72 entries, 60 shall be male gamers whereas there shall be 12 girls — eight of them professionals — in motion. Amongst males, 40 of the 60 gamers shall be professionals.
“Our tournament director is going to ensure that the course plays fair to men and women. The girls will play about 6000-6200 yards. The men will play over 7000 yards,” Amandeep Johl, PGTI CEO mentioned.
The event will start with a apply spherical on April 23, adopted by a three-day, 54-hole championship wherein 60 males and 12 girls professionals will compete for the full prize purse of ₹2 crore.
The occasion can even function three Professional-Am rounds in a rotational format, with 48 professionals teeing off within the morning, whereas the remaining 24 will pair up with amateurs within the afternoon session.
“It’s a very interesting format. We wanted to add a bit of T20-style thrill to generate interest.” Kapil mentioned.