While 14-year-old Bihar opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become a huge talking point in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) has initiated  a process to improve the overall standard of cricket in the state. To help them chalk out and execute plans, BCA has roped in former Mumbai cricketer and selector Anand Yalvigi as Director — Game Development & Operations with the additional responsibility of being Chief Operating Officer of the Bihar Premier League. 

Yalvigi, 50, who is also on the Mumbai Cricket Association Apex Council, began his new innings in Patna recently. His immediate goal is to replicate the kind of success the then Bombay Cricket Association’s BCA-Mafatlal Bowling Scheme had in the early 1990s. The initiative that was spearheaded by ex-England pace bowler Frank Tyson, gave rise to a fast bowling revolution in the city. Even spinners like Nilesh Kulkarni and Sairaj Bahutule were beneficiaries of the scheme.