Ind-WI second ODI to be moved? All-time record broken and more - Cricket News Today, 30th September 2018

There was plenty of news on and off the field in the world of cricket on 30th September 2018. While Bihar dominated the headlines courtesy of their record-breaking performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, off the field, there were a couple of important developments ahead of the upcoming series against West Indies and Australia.

One of them could well prove to be a big boost for India, especially ahead of a gruelling Test series against Australia while the other is the result of an administrative tussle that could well leave the hosts red-faced against Windies.

Here are all of today's important developments from the cricket world.

Indore ODI could be moved

Holkar Stadium to not host the second ODI?

If the tussle between the Board of Control for Cricket and the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association is not resolved then the second ODI between India and West Indies, which is scheduled to be held at the Holkar Stadium in Indore might be moved elsewhere.

The game is supposed to be held on October 24 but MPCA secretary Milind Kanmadikar is adamant that if the BCCI doesn't back down from their demand for hospitality tickets then Indore won't host the game.

“The managing committee of MPCA has decided that it is not possible to organise the second ODI between India and West Indies in Indore if BCCI doesn’t back down from its demand of complimentary tickets. We have intimated BCCI.

We cannot accept BCCI’s demand for hospitality tickets. We have only 7000 seats in the pavilion (hospitality) gallery and going by 10 percent, we would be left with only 700 seats. Now if we give five percent of that, we are left with only 350 hospitality tickets,” Kanmadikar told The New Indian Express.

India could have a spin bowling coach ahead of Australia tour

More help for Ravi Shastri?

If reports in the Mumbai Mirror are to be believed then India might well have a spin bowling coach ahead of the tour of Australia. India's coach Ravi Shastri met with the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) before leaving for Asia Cup 2018 and one of the points that was discussed was the addition of another member to the coaching staff.

Currently, there are four main members of the Indian support staff, including Shastri. Sanjay Bangar is the batting coach, Bharat Arun is the bowling Coach while R Sridhar is the fielding coach. India's poor performance in England, especially in the spin department even in conditions conducive to spin bowling is believed to be the reason behind the addition of a new member to the coaching staff.

It is also believed that the likely addition is expected to take place before India's tour of Australia where they will play three T20Is, four Tests, and three ODIs in Australia.

Bihar break Vijay Hazare Trophy record

It was a crushing victory

Bihar created Vijay Hazare Trophy history after their 292-run demolition of Sikkim on Sunday. Their margin of victory is the biggest in terms of runs in the tournament, eclipsing the previous record of 279 held by Baroda, courtesy of their win over Assam.

The victory was achieved on the back of a splendid 152 from MD Rahmatullah and 92 from Babul Kumar. Although Rahmatullah had to retire hurt after his 103-ball 152, he had already done enough as Bihar posted 338/6.

Chasing a massive 339 for victory, Sikkim simply fell like a pack of cards and unfortunately were on the wrong end of an all-time record. Just two Sikkim batsmen even managed to get to double digits as they were bowled out for 46 in 31 overs. Anunay Singh and Keshav Kumar both finished with a three-wicket haul.

In the history of List-A cricket, only six teams have managed to win by a bigger margin than Bihar's 292-run victory.