The Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA) passed a series of landmark decisions, opening the doors of the game wider to players across the State while committing to a new standard of financial accountability and institutional oversight.
The Apex Council, presided over by its new President James PK Sangma, voted to abolish the longstanding 35-year age cap on player selection, a rule that had barred experienced cricketers from representing the State regardless of their form or fitness.
Sangma stated that selections will henceforth be based entirely on performance, merit, and fitness. In a decision for development of grassroots cricket across every district, the MCA also lifted the ban on participation in tennis ball cricket, ending a rule that had penalised players for the very format through which most of them learn the game.