Aakash Chopra likes Michael Vaughan’s idea of releasing Indian fringe players for The Hundred


Aakash Chopra likes Michael Vaughan’s idea of releasing Indian fringe players for The Hundred

Aakash Chopra and Michael Vaughan

Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has agreed to Michael Vaughan’s idea of featuring India’s fringe Test players at The Hundred. The Former England skipper proposed this suggestion after recent reports surfaced that the BCCI has requested the ECB to prepone the India-England Test series by a week for creating a window for remaining IPL 2021 matches.

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The former India cricketer shared a video on his YouTube channel where he concurred with Vaughan’s suggestion of allowing backup Indian players to play in The Hundred. This will compensate for the absence of the England Test regular members during the initial stages of the tournament. 

“I liked Michael Vaughan’s suggestion a lot. If you are taking care of my interests, I must take care of your interests. So, if you start the Test series a week earlier, we will release our fringe players for The Hundred,” said Chopra.

The 43-year old asserted that the BCCI can forgo their policy of not permitting the active Indian players to feature in foreign leagues for this one instance.

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“They can have 4-5 Indian players for The Hundred. To date, no current Indian player has been allowed in any of the world’s T20 leagues. But we make an exception for this one tournament,” added Aakash Chopra.

‘No one will be able to do anything on their own in the post-pandemic world’

Aakash Chopra reckoned that every cricket board needs to work in unison to sustain itself in this post-pandemic era. He mentioned that this decision will help the BCCI in conducting the remaining leg of IPL in September 2021.

“In the post-pandemic world, there is a realization that no one will be able to do anything on their own. Everyone will need the others’ help sometimes or the other. Everybody will have to look after each other. If you take the example of India’s tour to Sri Lanka, more matches were added on the tour to help the Sri Lankan board else all these boards will become bankrupt,” said Chopra.

“So if the BCCI is going to suffer a loss of 2500 crores, if they ask the ECB to adjust, I think the ECB will agree. I feel the IPL will happen in September, we will get a three-week window, where it will happen I don’t know yet,” signed off Aakash Chopra.

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