The six states that want to field a combined team for the senior national championship are Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim. The two other North Eastern states -- Assam and Tripura -- have been long-standing voting members and are a part of the Ranji Trophy for a long time. "The NE cricket association representatives will be meeting the COA and we will propose that a combined team be fielded this year. We have good enough players in each state to have a pool of 20 players from which we can select the NE team. Also in the Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16) and Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19), we have been playing as combined NE team.

Source: dna September 01, 2017 13:18 UTC