Speedster Umesh Yadav slams BCCI policy

Umesh Yadav has been bowling brilliantly in red-ball cricket recently but the lack of opportunities in the white-ball cricket has made him absent from the international cricket arena. Ahead of his Ranji match for Vidarbha, the 31-year old pacer criticised BCCI for their policy of workload management. The criticism comes after the pacer, who was offered a contract in county cricket, was forced to leave out the opportunity of playing due to the board’s policy.

County deal didn’t work out due to BCCI’s rule, claims Umesh

Umesh Yadav is playing Ranji trophy at this moment and ahead of the league match against Delhi, the pacer came out expressing his views on the unfair law by BCCI. ‘I got an offer last season in County Cricket by Gloucestershire. They wanted me to play seven or eight matches for them. But the BCCI workload management policy doesn’t let you play more than two or three matches. So, that deal didn’t work out”, Umesh Yadav said in an interview.

“Workload management is a balance that you should have when you are constantly playing games. But, the situation is opposite for me. I have played only four test matches each year in 2018 and 2019. In white ball cricket, I have played only one match since 2019”, speaking about his lack of appearances for the national side even though he has been in the scheme of things.

Umesh eyes a white-ball comeback

“I am 32 and next few years are going to be very crucial. The more I bowl, the better I will get. That’s why I am playing these five first-class matches to have some workload. ”

Umesh Yadav also said that he believes the workload management policy should be based upon an individual’s workload and not be generalised for everyone. He also said that after the New Zealand tour and the IPL, there’s not a lot of cricket which he has left to play in 2020 as it is a T20 world cup year. The pacer though is training hard to make comeback in ODIs.

Umesh, though, pointed the problem of playing too many county matches. He said that county teams looks to get more out of an overseas signing as he is a professional and is expected to be better than the local signings. As a result, any one playing in county cricket from any country has to take more responsibility leading up to excessive workload.