The Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) may consider changing its family’s policy. If the players wish to go on a tour for an extended period with their families and close people, sources have told India Today. Family members will be allowed to stay with players and assistant employees for longer than permission for the current rules, provided that players receive pre -approval from the board.
This development comes a few days later Virat Kohli expressed his disappointment with policyEspecially on foreign tourism, emphasizing the importance of players spending time with their loved ones after high intensity matches.
A top BCCI source said, “Players can apply for permission if they want their families to last long on tourism. The BCCI will take a decision because it sees fit,” a top formula of BCCI said.
BCCI introduced 10-point disciplinary guidelines For the players of the senior male team after the first disastrous tour of Australia in 2025, it was allowed to live with players on foreign tourism, restricting time families. After a review meeting with head coach Gautam Gambhir and Captain Rohit Sharma after the tour of Australia, these sanctions on family travel were resumed after resting during the Kovid -19 epidemic.
During the meeting, coach Gambhir had allegedly expressed concern about lack of harmony in the dressing room, inspiring the BCCI to implement strict measures.
What does the current family policy say?
- Players absent from India for more than 45 days during foreign tourism can be included for a period of two weeks (format-wise) by their partners and children (less than 18).
- The BCCI will cover shared housing with the player for a period of visitors. All other expenses are to be borne by the player.
- Travels should be determined at the same time during the agreements agreed by coach, captain and GM operations.
- Any deviation from this policy should be pre-administered by coach, captain and GM operations. Additional expenses outside the period of visitors will not be covered by BCCI.
What was Virat Kohli’s worry?
In a recent campaigner program led by IPL 2025, Virat Kohli raised a voice against the family’s sanctions.
“If you ask any player, do you want your family to be around you all the time? You will like it, yes. I don’t want to go to my room and just want to sit alone.
World Cup winner former Captain Kapil Dev, while talking to the press on Tuesday, supported Virat Kohli and explained how families traveled with players on foreign tourism during their tenure in the senior national team.
“I think this is a call from a cricket board. Mine, yes, you need a family, but yes, you also need a team all the time. In our time, we used to say to ourselves, not by the cricket board, not by the cricket board, not by the cricket board, not by the cricket board, not by the cricket board, the first half let me play cricket. In the second half, families should come there and enjoy it.”
Indian players were included by their families in the United Arab Emirates during the Champions Trophy campaign. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s choice celebrated a significant victory with their families in Dubai on 9 March.
