Indian board to discuss Twenty20 rules

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Technical Committee, headed by Sunil Gavaskar, will meet in Chennai on January 20 to discuss the ICC rules and regulations on the domestic Twenty20 tournament in April.

"The Technical Committee meeting in Chennai will discuss the rules and regulations for Twenty20 format of the game that we have received from the ICC," said Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI's chief administrative officer. "We are planning to host the domestic Twenty20 event among all units in the first week of April."

The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship will be played in South Africa this September and the domestic tournament is being billed as a forerunner to the global event. The BCCI has not conducted any such tournament in the domestic circuit so far. India played their first Twenty20 International on their recent tour of South Africa and won it too.

Shetty added that the committee will also review the Ranji Trophy points system and the recommendation of MP Pandove, the BCCI joint secretary, to play all the Super League group matches, semi-finals and final at neutral venues from next season. At present the matches are held on rotation on a home and away basis.