After the defeat of 1-3 in the 5 Test series in the 5-Test series in India’s tour of India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued a directive that cricketers can keep their family together for a maximum of 14 days in a tour of more than 45 days. According to the guidelines, players can keep their family together for a maximum of one week on a short period tour.
Earlier on Sunday, Kohli supported the family to keep the family together in a foreign tour. Veteran cricketer Kapil Dev is also in favor of keeping his family together on a foreign tour, but he also said that a balanced attitude should be adopted in this matter.
The winning captain of the World Cup 1983 said on the occasion of the ‘Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational’ program, ‘Okay, I don’t know, it is personal. I think this is the decision of the Cricket Board. I think you need a family but you also need to live with the team all the time.
The families of players like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami were also in Dubai during the recently concluded Champions Trophy, but they did not stay in the team hotel. The expenses of the family were raised by the players themselves, not the BCCI.
Kapil said, ‘In our era, not the cricket board, but we used to decide ourselves that the first phase of the tour should be dedicated to cricket … while in the second phase, one should enjoy living with the family. It should have balance.