BCCI assures RCA ad-hoc panel of full support

JAIPUR: The state players can breathe easy as Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) ad-hoc committee has been assured of ‘every help including financial assistance’ by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the upcoming domestic season.
During a get-together hosted by the apex cricket board at its headquarters in Mumbai to ‘exchange ideas to improve cricket in India’ with state associations, ad-hoc panel member Dharmveer Singh Shekhawat conveyed secretary Jay Shah the problems facing RCA.
“The BCCI secretary is aware that no activity has taken place here in Rajasthan and he told me that they will cooperate so that cricket doesn’t suffer in the state. He has asked us to start with the cricket activities,” Shekhawat told TOI.
“Once I am back in Jaipur, without delay we will start the trials and pre-season camps,” he added.
The three-month tenure of the ad-hoc panel will end on June 28, but it is expected that they will be given an extension.
“I cannot comment on this. The government will take the final call. And if we are given an extension, then we will also hold the RCA elections which we could not hold earlier as everyone was busy with the Lok Sabha elections,” stated Shekhawat, who was representing Rajasthan during the informal meeting.
RCA has been facing a shortage of funds. The association hasn’t received any financial aid since the last domestic season. The state cricketers are yet to receive the travel and daily allowance of the last season while the fee of the support staff is also pending.
“We have not even received the fee for the matches played during Rajasthan Premier League last year. Thankfully, we have got the timely payment of the domestic matches we had played as it’s the BCCI who pays us directly,” a Rajasthan player said.