Some senior cricketers stand to earn almost double of what they did previously
Pay hikes have been announced across the board for India’s domestic cricketers
The BCCI has announced pay hikes for India’s domestic cricketers, male and female, while also promising a “50 per cent match fee as compensation” for the Covid-19-affected 2019-20 season. The decisions were taken at the Apex Council meeting on Monday.
Senior men’s cricketers now stand to earn between Rs 40,000 and Rs 60,000 per match day, with the amounts decided based on the number of matches they have played: Rs 40,000 (up to 20 matches), Rs 50,000 (21 to 40 matches), and Rs 60,000 (more than 40 matches). For players who are not in the playing XIs of their respective sides, the fees are halved.
That’s a small hike for the players in the first category, but an almost 100% hike for the more experienced hands. Earlier, senior men’s cricketers earned Rs 35,000 per day for Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare (one-day) Trophy games, and Rs 17,500 per game at the Syed Mushtaq Ali (T20) Trophy tournament.
For the senior women, who earlier earned Rs 12,500 per one-day match and Rs 6250 per T20 match – there isn’t, currently, a first-class competition for women in India – the pay has been raised to Rs 20,000 for playing XI members and Rs 10,000 for those on the bench.
There were upgrades for the age-group cricketers, both male and female, too.
Men’s Under-23 players will now earn Rs 25,000 per day (earlier Rs 17500) if they are in the playing XIs, and Rs 12,500 (earlier Rs 8750) if in the reserves, while Under-19s in the playing XIs will get Rs 20,000 (earlier Rs 10,500) and Rs 10,000 (earlier Rs 5250) will go to reserve players. For the Under-16s, the corresponding amounts are Rs 7000 (earlier Rs 3500) and Rs 3500 (Rs 1750).
For women, the daily fees for Under-23s, Under-19s and Under-16s have been raised from Rs 5500 to Rs 10,000 for those in the playing XIs and from Rs 2750 to Rs 5000 for those in the reserves.
More to follow…
Source: ESPN Crickinfo