BCCI New Rule: After losing the Test series in Australia, the BCCI has made some new rules for the Indian team. One of these rules is related to the families of the players. Star batsman Virat Kohli has raised questions on this rule of the board. Former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has backed the presence of players’ families on team tours, saying he would always prefer personal support to deal with tough and stressful days on the field rather than being alone and depressed in his hotel room.

Instructions issued by BCCI

After India’s 1-3 defeat in the Test series against Australia, the BCCI had issued a directive under which players were allowed to spend only 14 days with their families on a tour of more than 45 days. According to this, players’ wives, children or girlfriends can stay with them for a maximum of one week on short tours. During the recently concluded Champions Trophy, Virat Kohli said, “The families of Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami were in Dubai but they did not stay at the team hotel and the cost of the families’ stay was borne by the players and not the BCCI.”

I want to be normal

“It’s very difficult to make people understand the role of family. How important it is to come back to your family every time you are in a stressful situation. I don’t think people understand the importance of that,” Kohli said at RCB’s ‘Innovation Lab’ conference on Saturday. Kohli said that being with family helps a player to recover quickly from disappointment on the field. He said, “I don’t want to go to my room and sit alone and be sad. I want to be normal. Only then can you take your game responsibly.”

It would have been a very happy day

Kohli said, “You complete your commitment outside and then you come back home, you are with your family and the atmosphere in your house is absolutely normal and normal family life goes on. So this is a very happy day for me. Whenever possible, I never miss a chance to go out and spend time with my family. “I was very disappointed because people who had nothing to do with the matter were also involved in the discussion and said, ‘Oh, maybe the players should be kept away from their families’,” the 36-year-old said. And if you ask any player, do you want your family to be around you all the time? They will say ‘yes’.