New Delhi, June 07: The cricket board will prefer a wait-and-watch approach to the threat of players dumping their home state units and moving to greener pastures in the domestic competition. "We will look into the matter if it develops. At present we would rather wait and watch," BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya told from Mumbai, where he had gone to attend a board meeting.
Nicky Saldhana of Maharashstra had expressed concerns over players from plate division moving to elite units for better opportunity in the captains and coaches conclave on Friday.
The Ranji trophy championship at present is divided into elite and plate groups but, Saldhana feared, the rule of import of upto two players in a state unit could trigger off many requests for transfers in the next season.
In the last season 12 teams -- Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Bihar, Vidarbha, Services, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Saurashtra and Tripura -- formed the plate group.
The elite group comprised 15 teams -- Andhra, Baroda, Mumbai, Himachal Pradesh, Railways, Punjab, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Bengal, Delhi, Hyderabad, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Board treasurer Kishore Rungta also sought to allay any fears on this count by stating that seeking transfer is not so beneficial to players in any case.
Bureau Report