In a stunning but game-changing transfer, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced that under-16 cricketers should now play no less than one first-class match earlier than being allowed to characteristic within the Indian Premier League (IPL) or every other T20 league within the nation.
The choice was taken throughout the BCCI Annual Basic Assembly on Sunday, September 28, to make sure that younger Indian gamers achieve correct expertise in home cricket earlier than moving into the fast-paced and high-pressure T20 enviornment.
BCCI makes first-class match necessary for U-16 cricketers to enter the IPL world
Beforehand, IPL franchises had full freedom to choose U-16 or Underneath-19 gamers based mostly on trials, auctions, or mid-season signings, with no guidelines about prior expertise in home cricket. Younger weapons like Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre have already made waves in IPL 2025 as youngsters.
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However now the younger prodigies will want the first-class expertise earlier than moving into the T20 enviornment. The BCCI desires to ensure that the kids are higher ready, giving them publicity to red-ball cricket and enhancing their maturity earlier than dealing with the glamour and depth of the IPL.
A Revsportz report recommended, “The BCCI AGM takes the choice that junior cricketers, as much as U-16 stage, will not be allowed to play T20s except they’ve performed no less than one first-class sport.”
The BCCI AGM takes the choice that junior cricketers, as much as U-16 stage, will not be allowed to play T20s except they’ve performed no less than one first-class sport. #BCCIAGM
— RevSportz World (@RevSportzGlobal) September 28, 2025
Mithun Manhas elected as BCCI President at AGM in Mumbai
In the meantime, Mithun Manhas has been appointed as the brand new president of the BCCI after the Annual Basic Assembly in Mumbai on Sunday. Manhas takes over from Roger Binny and turns into the third former Indian cricketer in a row to go the BCCI.
Manhas beforehand served as Director of Cricket for the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Affiliation. Alternatively, Rajeev Shukla and Devajit Saikia have been retained because the BCCI vice-president and secretary, respectively, whereas Prabhtej Singh Bhatia joined the board because the joint secretary.
Raghuram Bhat will deal with funds as treasurer. The Indian cricket board additionally strengthened governance with Jaydev Niranjan Shah because the Apex Council member, whereas Arun Singh Dhumal and M. Khairul Jamal Majumdar joined the Governing Council.
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It’s a proud second for all of us: Parvez Rasool
Talking on Mithun Manhas’ appointment, Parvez Rasool was quoted as saying by RevSportz, “It’s a proud second for all of us that Jammu and Kashmir’s illustration goes to the BCCI as its president, and that’s a giant achievement for us.”
He added, “We hope that sooner or later, the cricket infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir can be good. Proper now, we’re utterly behind the opposite states. Expertise-wise, we’re good. However expertise wants amenities. So, I hope that sooner or later, issues will get higher for us.”
Jayesh George named first-ever WCL Chairman
Alternatively, Jayesh George, president of the Kerala Cricket Affiliation, has been appointed because the first-ever chairman of the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) on the BCCI AGM. Former India gamers Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh be a part of the senior nationwide choice committee.
They changed S. Sharath and Subroto Banerjee within the choice committee. Former Indian ladies’s cricketer Amita Sharma has been appointed because the chief selector for the Indian ladies’s cricket workforce.
