Virat Kohli requests BCCI to prolong stay of players' wives on overseas tour, says report

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has made a request to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow the of wives of players and support staff stay with their husbands throughout an overseas tour. As per a report published in Indian Express, Virat Kohli spoke to a BCCI official regarding the same issue, who conveyed the message to the Committee of Administrators (CoA), appointed by Supreme Court. [caption id=“attachment_5145381” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Virat Kohli. AP[/caption] The present rule states that wives of players and support staff can stay with the team for a maximum of two weeks. The CoA, as per the same report, has reached out to Indian team manager Sunil Subramaniam and told him to make a formal request to change the rule. However, CoA would not be able to take any decision on this front until a new BCCI body has been formed. A BCCI source was quoted as saying in the newspaper, “The request was made a few weeks back but as it is a BCCI policy decision, the manager will have to submit a formal request first. Anushka has been travelling with Kohli overseas, however, Kohli now wants the old rule to be abolished and a new policy should come up where wives should be allowed to travel with the Indian team.” India will be touring Australia next month, a tour which spans across three months, consisting 4 Tests, ODI and T20I series.