Duleep Trophy missing from 2017-18 domestic calendar
(World News Science)

NEW DELHI: Struggling to stay relevant for the past two years, the Duleep Trophy -a premier domestic tournament for 56 years -does not figure in the final draft of the Indian cricket board`s (BCCI) domestic programme for the upcoming season. The calendar approved by BCCI`s acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary on Friday, a copy of which is in TOI`s possession, says the season is due to start with the Ranji Trophy on October 6 and will end with the Deodhar Trophy One-day tournament on March 18, 2018 with a maximum of two weeks separating two tournaments. Choudhary had claimed on July 31 that the Duleep Trophy would be played with the pink ball and in the same format as last year. The...