The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to provide coaches, team support staff to the new states which are set to debut in the Ranji Trophy and senior tournaments of the Indian cricket board. For the new states coming into the fold, the BCCI has also agreed to foot all expenses related to their domestic season.

The six new states from NorthEast (Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh) and Uttarakhand are set to enter BCCI's big league and will be part of the Plate group. Bihar too will be making a comeback after being kept out of competitive cricket for almost 18 years.