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  "type": "article",
  "title": "Nagoya's three-star hotel leaves Team India cricketers unhappy, IOA tells BCCI it must foot the bill for any separate arrangement",
  "summary": "Indian cricketers are unhappy with the three-star and four-star, twin-sharing hotels fixed for the Asian Games in Japan, but IOA CEO Raghuram Iyer has made clear the IOA won't seek special facilities for cricket, and the BCCI must bear the cost of any separate arrangement itself.",
  "content": "Team India's cricketers are unhappy with the hotel assigned to them for the Asian Games in Japan, and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has now made its position clear to the BCCI. The IOA says it will not seek separate accommodation for cricket, though the board is free to make its own arrangements if it wishes. This was confirmed publicly by IOA chief executive officer Raghuram Iyer.\n\nWant a different hotel? BCCI must handle the cost and logistics\nIyer said that if the BCCI decides its players should stay outside the official Asian Games hotels in Aichi-Nagoya, the board will have to arrange the hotel, food and transport entirely on its own, and will also be responsible for ensuring its players reach the venue on time. In other words, the BCCI is free to make separate arrangements for its cricketers, but the full logistical responsibility for that choice will rest with the board itself.\n\nIOA says every athlete across 36 sports gets the same treatment\nIyer stressed that the IOA's job is to ensure equal treatment for the entire Indian contingent across all 36 sports at the Games, and that singling out one sport for extra facilities is not part of its policy. He said BCCI CEO Hemang Amin had reached out to the IOA and that the two sides have already had a detailed conversation on the issue. The BCCI is also considering sending an advance team to Japan to assess the facilities on offer, and the IOA has no objection to this. According to Iyer, once that assessment is done, the BCCI can decide for itself whether to use the facilities provided by the organisers or make its own arrangements. \"No one is given VIP treatment,\" he said, underlining that the IOA treats every sport, every athlete, every coach and the entire delegation the same way.\n\nWhich hotel each team got, and what is really fuelling the row\nAccording to the report, the Indian men's cricket team has been allotted the three-star APA Hotel Nagoya Ekimae, while the women's team has been given the four-star Meitetsu Grand Hotel. Both hotels are a notch below the five-star category that Indian cricketers are typically used to. On top of that, the rooms are on a twin-sharing basis, meaning two players will have to share a single room, and this arrangement has emerged as the biggest flashpoint in the entire episode.\n\nThe BCCI has not yet issued an official statement on whether it will opt for separate accommodation or go along with the facilities the IOA has offered. Only after the advance team's assessment will it become clear whether the players stay on in these Nagoya hotels or the board arranges an alternative at its own expense.\n\nWhat this means for you\nIf the BCCI decides to arrange a separate hotel for its cricketers, it will directly hit the board's budget and the players' preparation.\n\n• Extra cost for BCCI: If the board opts for a different hotel, it will have to cover every player's accommodation, food and travel costs itself. This will directly affect the BCCI's budget since the IOA will not contribute anything toward it.\n• Comfort of the cricketers: If the board goes along with the IOA's arrangement, players will have to stay in a three-star hotel with twin-sharing rooms. This could affect their rest and preparation ahead of the tournament.\n• Wait for fans: Which hotel the team finally stays in will only be clear after the advance team's trip to Japan and its assessment report. Fans will have to wait a bit longer for an official announcement.\n• Signal for other sports: The IOA's stand makes clear that no single sport among the 36 at the Games will get special VIP facilities. This reassures athletes from other disciplines that they too will be treated equally.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Will the IOA seek a separate hotel for the Indian cricket team?\nNo, the IOA has made clear it will not seek separate accommodation for cricket.\n\n2. What happens if the BCCI wants a different hotel for its cricketers?\nThen the BCCI will have to arrange the hotel, food, transport and ensuring players reach the venue on time, entirely on its own.\n\n3. Who confirmed this information?\nIOA chief executive officer Raghuram Iyer confirmed it publicly.\n\n4. Who is the BCCI's CEO and what did he do?\nThe BCCI's CEO is Hemang Amin, who contacted the IOA and is considering sending an advance team to Japan to assess the facilities.\n\n5. Which hotels have the Indian men's and women's teams been allotted?\nThe men's team has been given the three-star APA Hotel Nagoya Ekimae, and the women's team the four-star Meitetsu Grand Hotel.\n\n6. What is the main reason behind the controversy?\nThe hotels are below the five-star category, and the rooms are twin-sharing, which has fuelled the dispute.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/cricket/nagoya-men-tina-sitara-hotala-se-nakhusha-team-india-ke-kriketara-ioa-ne-bcci-ko-bataya-ki-alaga-intajama-ka-kharcha-khuda-uthana--27974",
  "category": "Cricket",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-05",
  "tags": [
    "Asian Games",
    "Indian cricket team",
    "BCCI",
    "IOA",
    "Raghuram Iyer",
    "Hemang Amin",
    "Aichi-Nagoya",
    "twin-sharing hotel"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}