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Xtra Time Web Desk : BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Thursday assured all the other state cricket associations via an official email where he, on behalf of the board that, they would do everything possible to restart the domestic season, once the COVID situation gets better after the Ranji Trophy was postponed on Tuesday due to steep rise in COVID-19 cases.

This came aftermath of a BCCI decision on Tuesday, which stated that they had to put on hold the Ranji Trophy, which was set to begin later this month, along with a few other domestic tournaments due to a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.

"As you are aware, we had to put on hold the currently on-going domestic season due to the worsening Covid-19 situation," Ganguly said in a letter to state associations.

The Ranji Trophy and Col C K Nayudu Trophy were scheduled to begin this month while the Senior Women's T20 League was scheduled to commence in February.

"The COVID cases are rapidly increasing and there were multiple positive cases in many teams. It posed an imminent threat to the health and safety of players, officials and all others related to the running of the tournaments," Ganguly wrote in the mail to Presidents and Secretaries of all the units where he stressed that the Board would do everything to restart the domestic season.

"The BCCI would like to reassure that it will do everything to restart the domestic season once the Covid situation is under control. We are committed to holding the remaining tournaments for this season. The Board will shortly come back to you with a revised plan. I thank you for your support and understanding. Please look after yourself and stay safe and healthy," the former left-handed batter signed off.

Seven members of the Bengal squad and India all-rounder Shivam Dube along with Mumbai team's video analyst had tested positive for Covid-19 in the run up to the Ranji Trophy, which was scheduled to start across the country on January 13.

The premier domestic tournament did not happen in the 2020-2021 season due to the pandemic. The Covid-19 situation is grim across all the major cities with Delhi and Mumbai recording thousands of new cases, several them being affected by new Omicron variant