New Delhi: BCCI has started clearing the long dues of domestic cricketers, who were suffering financially due to the 2020-21 season, due to which the deduction was made COVID-19 global pandemic.
Many Indian cricketers struggled financially after last year’s Ranji Trophy was not held for the first time in history. Women’s T20 games were also put on hold due to the pandemic.
A senior BCCI official said, “BCCI has started paying the compensation amount for not having a red ball tournament in the last season.”
“A lot of players have started getting money and there are still a lot of players who are getting paid. This process is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.”
Last September, the BCCI had said that the cricketers participating in the 2019-20 season will get 50 per cent match fees as compensation for the 2020-21 season.
The BCCI official said, “The process is for the state units to generate challans based on all the people who played in the season prior to COVID-19. The state units that have given challans to BCCI already have their The money has arrived in the players account.” said.
“Some state units haven’t raised invoices yet, so their players are waiting.”
With the new Ranji Trophy season scheduled to be played at seven venues from January 13 to March 17, it will be a welcome news for the domestic cricketers, even though a change in the schedule cannot be ruled out in view of the increase of COVID-19 cases in the country. could. the emergence of omicron Type.
The BCCI had decided to hike the match fees of players during a meeting of the Apex Council in September following the recommendations of the working committee of the former India captain. Mohammad Azharuddin, Yudhveer Singh, Santosh Menon, Jaydev Shahi, avishek dalmiya, Rohan Jaitley and Devjit Saikia.
According to the new pay slab, senior men will earn Rs 40,000 to 60,000 per day, while senior women will get up to Rs 20,000 per day.
Many Indian cricketers struggled financially after last year’s Ranji Trophy was not held for the first time in history. Women’s T20 games were also put on hold due to the pandemic.
A senior BCCI official said, “BCCI has started paying the compensation amount for not having a red ball tournament in the last season.”
“A lot of players have started getting money and there are still a lot of players who are getting paid. This process is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.”
Last September, the BCCI had said that the cricketers participating in the 2019-20 season will get 50 per cent match fees as compensation for the 2020-21 season.
The BCCI official said, “The process is for the state units to generate challans based on all the people who played in the season prior to COVID-19. The state units that have given challans to BCCI already have their The money has arrived in the players account.” said.
“Some state units haven’t raised invoices yet, so their players are waiting.”
With the new Ranji Trophy season scheduled to be played at seven venues from January 13 to March 17, it will be a welcome news for the domestic cricketers, even though a change in the schedule cannot be ruled out in view of the increase of COVID-19 cases in the country. could. the emergence of omicron Type.
The BCCI had decided to hike the match fees of players during a meeting of the Apex Council in September following the recommendations of the working committee of the former India captain. Mohammad Azharuddin, Yudhveer Singh, Santosh Menon, Jaydev Shahi, avishek dalmiya, Rohan Jaitley and Devjit Saikia.
According to the new pay slab, senior men will earn Rs 40,000 to 60,000 per day, while senior women will get up to Rs 20,000 per day.
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