BCCI cracks down on IPL ‘reel culture’; players amd families warned

NEW DELHI: As the Indian cricket committee (BCCI) gets assertive with the implementation of its anti-corruption guidelines successful the IPL, it has started to travel down heavy connected players, officials, household of squad members and broadcasters who make social-media content, TOI has learnt.A fewer erstwhile cricketers who are moving arsenic broadcasters person already been reprimanded by the committee for making videos adjacent the players and lucifer officials country (PMOA) during this season. Ahead of the IPL, the committee had shared stricter guidelines with the broadcasters, including guidelines for crew.“There person been a fewer breaches by a fewer commentators. One erstwhile planetary cricketer was recovered making videos connected his telephone adjacent the dugout successful a tense concern of a match.

The BCCI squad acted swiftly and got him to halt the recording. There could beryllium a lawsuit of sending ineligible notices to an ex-cricketer who was recovered filming for his YouTube channel. The committee has intelligibly mentioned that anybody wearing BCCI and IPL authoritative attire can’t beryllium seen filming astatine the ground,” BCCI sources said.

The ‘honey traps’ the BCCI is acrophobic astir besides stems from the players’ increasing proximity with influencers and vloggers.

There is besides fearfulness that the caller harvest of cricketers are getting excessively obsessed with putting retired a batch of contented connected societal media. An India cricketer has already been told to curb his wont of posting contented connected his team’s question and different whereabouts.It has besides been noticed, unfavourably, that franchises person hired societal media influencers and fixed them unfiltered entree wrong the team. “The reel civilization has led to galore violations of late.

There are a fewer Indian players who station videos connected lucifer days, conscionable earlier a lucifer and instantly aft the decision of the match,” the root said. A erstwhile India cricketer was antecedently asked not to station contented connected his YouTube transmission during an ongoing series.

It is besides learnt that contiguous families of players person been told to refrain from posting pictures and videos during the IPL.The committee had antecedently warned an India accelerated bowler aft helium was recovered promoting a video of the Indian team’s accommodation facilities created by his wife.

There person been instances successful the IPL wherever a subordinate astir reveals if helium is successful the playing XI connected lucifer days done specified reels.

Focus connected elder players, authorities leagues

The ACU has flagged the contented of elder planetary players alowing their family/friends to question successful the squad bus. Focus is besides connected the section T20 leagues hosted by authorities associations. “There are BCCI ACU officers successful squad hotels successful the section T20 leagues arsenic well. BCCI’s anti-corruption guidelines are applicable successful these leagues. There are anti-corruption sessions with players, squad officials and squad owners but determination person been a fewer IPL players who person taken liberties and brought successful unauthorised guests to squad hotels successful immoderate of the section T20 leagues.

These are mediocre examples for young cricketers who marque it to the IPL done these leagues,” BCCI sources said. It is apt that each authorities T20 leagues volition enforce the revised guidelines issued by the board.