M-114, Mount Kailash 

Kanpur 

7th October, 2018

The Editor Times of India 

Sub: Cricketers taking the family and friends to matches

Dear Sir, 

Following the great debacle in with the West Indies cricket tour, the BCCI is planning to restrict the players from taking their families or friends during the cricket tours. Players spend their valuable practising hours with their spouse exploring the city which is not good for the players as well as for the team India as a whole. Players might be over¬concerned about the requirements of their wife and girlfriend. The touring time should be fully focused on the game and on winning, instead of other house hold concerns. Players might try to impress their loved-ones sitting in the audience row and lose their focus on the ball and the game. They might also feel the urge to get back to have some more time with their family instead of having a winning strategy.

It needs to be noted that this preferential treatment is accorded to only the cricketers. Why are athletes who participate in events elsewhere not given the same facilities? It is high time that this expensive and useless practice is discontinued. 

Thank you 

Yours sincerely

Navtej