The Indian cricketers will reportedly be allowed to take their families for one match during the Champions Trophy 2025. India, led by Rohit Sharma, will play all their matches of the ICC tournament in Dubai including the semifinal and the final should they qualify.
#BreakingNews: Day ahead of Champions Trophy, BCCI loosens noose around cricketers#BCCI to allow Indian cricketers to take family for any one match in #ChampionsTrophy2025
Times Network’s @karishmasingh22 shares more details | @NivedhanaPrabhu pic.twitter.com/ndhpbtbzyl
— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) February 18, 2025
Last month, reports had emerged that the BCCI has cracked the whip on Indian cricketers following the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and issued a 10-point diktat to restore discipline. The guidelines included limited time with family when on tour – for a tour that stretches beyond 45 days, a player’s family can stay with him for up to two weeks.
The reports also claimed that the cricketers picked for the 2025 Champions Trophy won’t be allowed to take families to the UAE.
BCCI will allow Indian players’ families to watch 1 match of Champions Trophy in Dubai.
– They’ve to take the permission from the BCCI prior. (Abhishek Tripathi).#TeamIndia #RohitSharma #ViratKohli #GautamGambhir #RitikaSajdeh #AnushkaSharma #ChampionsTrophy #CT2025 pic.twitter.com/lWpRGVx8Nk
— Subrata Biswas (@CricCrazySubs) February 18, 2025
BCCI makes a U-turn:
However, as per Dainik Jagran, the BCCI has made a U-turn on its strict stance and has loosened the restrictions for the marquee tournament set to get underway from February 19.
The daily reported that if a player wishes to, he can take his family to Dubai for one match.
India have been placed alongside Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand in Group A. The team begins campaign on February 20 when they face Bangladesh followed by blockbuster clash with Pakistan on February 23 before concluding their group campaign against New Zealand on March 2.
News agency PTI had recently quoted a BCCI source as saying that a senior player did enquire if families could be allowed as an exception for the Champions Trophy. If permitted, the player will have to bear the full expenses himself not the BCCI.
“…the players are unlikely to be accompanied by their wives or partners for this tour. One of the senior players had enquired about it and he was told that the policy decision will be followed,” the BCCI source was quoted as saying.
As a direct consequence, the BCCI’s new guidelines also reportedly place limitations on the luggage that a cricketer can carry during a tour which is now 150kg per player. Should the limit be exceeded, the player will have to bear the cost himself.
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