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Making_Splinters wrote:I keep seeing the name Rishi Dhawan banded about on forums. On paper he looks a cracking all rounder, a sub 25 bowling average for an Indian pacer is mighty impressive. Why is he not getting a chance at international level?

he BCCI's technical committee, in an attempt to make the Ranji Trophy more exciting and competitive, has proposed to revamp the existing points structure. The committee has suggested doing away with points for the first-innings lead in games and awarding a bonus point each if a team reaches specified targets in batting and bowling in the first innings.........

Under the new points system for the Ranji Trophy, a team can earn a bonus point each if it scores 300 runs in 85 overs and takes seven wickets in 85 overs in a first innings. Effectively a team stands to earn a maximum of nine points if it scores an innings victory or wins by ten wickets.

The other key decision the committee took was to modify the Deodhar Trophy, the zonal one-day tournament. The panel has proposed that the tournament now be contested between three teams: the winner of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and two teams picked by the national selection committee. It is understood that with the Deodhar Trophy modified, the BCCI has indirectly scrapped the NKP Salve Challenger tournament...........

The technical committee has also suggested that the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament should not be played on a zonal basis and teams should instead be clustered in four groups.