BCCI begins clearing longstanding match fees for COVID-affected20-21 season

The BCCI has begun to disburse the longstanding dues of the hundreds of domestic cricketers male and female for tournaments that had to be shelved due to COVID19 pandemic in the 202021 seasonThe Ranji Trophy was cancelled for the first time in its 85year history in 202021 for the senior men and many players struggled financially In the womens category the T20 tournament was shelved due to the pandemicTaking note of their concern the BCCI had formed a Mohammad Azharuddinled sevenmember committee to find a suitable compensation mechanism for domestic cricketers And now the compensation payments are in line with the formula worked out by the groupPlayers from those associations who have duly sent in the filled in invoices have begun to be compensated 50 per cent of their regular earnings an Espncricinfo report statedWhile the process has begun a number of players are yet to receive payments because of procedural delays with regards to invoices raised The delays are understood to be due to issues at the state associations endA player who featured in eight games in the 201920 Ranji Trophy for example received INR 1120 lakh USD 15000 approx the match fee per day for the fourday tournament being INR 35000 USD 470 approx For 202021 under the compensation structures drawn up the same player will receive INR 510 lakh USD 6800 approxPlayers who didnt make the XI for certain games in 201920 will be compensated for 202021 on a prorata basis For example if a player was part of a teams XI for four games and on the bench for four games in the 201920 season for 202021 he will be compensated with 50 per cent of the match fees for four games and 50 per cent of the corresponding fees for players outside the starting XI for the remainder of the gamesThe clearing of payments comes ahead of the start of the new Ranji Trophy season from January 13 to March 17 across seven venues However there is some confusion among certain players over further tweaks to the scheduling owing to the rise in Covid19 cases across the country accelerated by the Omicron variantThe board had earlier announced a significant increase in match fees for domestic players regarding their payments for 202122The new pay slabs which will be in place from this season will have the senior men earning between INR 40000 and 60000 USD 540 to 810 approx per day of cricket while senior women will earn up to INR 20000 USD 270 approx per dayThat hike is a small one for the players in the first category under 20 matches but an almost 100 per cent hike for more experienced players 40plus games while those who have played between 21 and 40 matches will earn INR 50000 USD 680 approx Earlier senior mens cricketers earned INR 35000 USD 470 approx per day for firstclass and oneday games regardless of how many caps they had and INR 17500 USD 240 approx per game for T20sFor the senior women players who earlier earned INR 12500 USD 170 approx per oneday match and INR 6250 USD 85 approx per T20 match the pay has been raised to INR 20000 for playing XI members and INR 10000 USD 135 approx for those on the bench in both limitedovers formatsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever