‘Who changed when…’ What did Harbhajan Singh say on BCCI’s 10 new policies? raised questions on whom

Last Updated:January 17, 2025, 7:52 PM IST

BCCI’s 10 new policies for central contract players have been in effect since Harbhajan Singh’s playing days. Harbhajan Singh wants to know when and who changed it?

What did Harbhajan Singh say on BCCI’s 10 new policies?

New Delhi. Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday (January 17) said that BCCI’s 10 new policies for centrally contracted players have been in force since his playing days and wanted to know when and who “changed” it. Terming these guidelines as “new documentation”, Harbhajan said that the move is an attempt to divert attention from the team’s poor performance against New Zealand and Australia recently.

Days after India’s 1-3 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the BCCI has issued 10 new instructions to promote “discipline and unity”, including making domestic cricket mandatory, distancing of family and personal staff on tours. This includes imposing attendance restrictions and banning personal business endorsements during the series.

For Harbhajan, all these measures seemed like presenting old rules in a new way. He said, “Let me make this clear first. When I was reading the travel policy document as reported by the media, I did not find anything new in it. At least 9 out of 10 points, including duration of family trip, staying in the same hotel, practice time, are all the same.

Harbhajan raised questions on this and said, “My question is that if these rules were in force during my time, then who changed them and when? This should be investigated,” “We are deviating from the issue. We didn’t lose 1-3 because the wives and partners were there for two months. We did not lose because someone was traveling separately. We lost because we played bad cricket. “We didn’t bat well even at home.”