Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting President CK Khanna stated today that the board is planning to ensure that domestic cricketers of all age brackets (senior, Under-19, Under-16) get a substantial pay hike (minimum 50 per cent) following discussions at the technical committee meeting. BCCI is also considering that the percentage pay for domestic cricketers be raised from the current 13 percent — something that was last revised way back in 2007.
“The domestic players’ pay structure needs to be reviewed. In my opinion, a minimum 50 per cent increase is a must. I have had discussions with our treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary and he is working out the modalities. I believe that our team can put up a nice proposal before the general body, which is the forum which can clear policy decisions,” Khanna was quoted as saying by PTI.
“I believe that our team can put up a nice proposal before the general body, which is the forum which can clear policy decisions,” Khanna added. The matter was earlier raised by Technical Committee Chairman Sourav Ganguly. At present, the match fee for a Ranji player is INR 10,000 per day, which means he earns INR 40,000 as match fee. In contrast, a state team regular earns around INR 12 lakhs per season including some percent of broadcast rights earnings granted as a lumpsum amount during end of the season.
Some senior officials are of the opinion that BCCI state units should earmark an amount from their annual grant of INR 20 crore but Khanna feels otherwise. He stated, “I don’t think state units should be burdened with pay hike of domestic players. There is a school of thought that extra financial outflow can be arranged from the additional income that IPL broadcast rights will generate.”
“The umpires, scorers, video analysts all had their fees last revised in 2012. They have been getting the same match fee for the past 5 seasons. BCCI is also working on giving them appropriate hikes,” Khanna concluded.
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