BCCI Domestic Cricket: BCCI clears pending match fees: Ahead of the Ranji Trophy’s 87th season that kick offs January 13, the BCCI has cleared pending match fees of domestic cricketers – male and female – for tournaments that got called off due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2020-21 season. Follow InsideSport.in for more updates.
The previous edition of Ranji Trophy, Women’s T20 tournament, and a couple more domestic tournaments couldn’t take place last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. However, it has been learnt that the BCCI has also compensated 50% of the players’ regular earnings in the latest disbursed match fees.
BCCI Domestic Cricket: BCCI clears pending match fees of 2020-21 COVID-affected domestic season ahead of Ranji Trophy
The 50% compensation gift has been worked out Mohammad Azharuddin-led seven-member working group whom the BCCI had asked to come up with a plan for the Covid-19-affected season.
The premium senior men domestic tournament Ranji Trophy was cancelled for the first time in its 85-year history in 2020 while the Women’s T20 tournament was also called off due to the pandemic.
Many Indian cricketers struggled financially after the Ranji Trophy was not held last year for the first time in its history. The women’s T20 games were also curtailed due to the pandemic.
“BCCI has started clearing the compensation amount due for not having the red ball tournament last season,” a senior BCCI official told PTI.
“A lot of players have started receiving money and there are still a lot of players who would be getting the payments. The process is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.”
In September last, the BCCI had said that the cricketers who participated in the 2019-20 season will be getting 50 per cent match fees as compensation for the 2020-21 season.
“The process is for state units to raise the invoice based on all those who had played in the season prior to COVID-19. The state units that raised invoices to BCCI have already had its players receiving money in their accounts,” the BCCI official said. “Some state units are yet to raise invoices so their players are waiting.”
BCCI Domestic Cricket: BCCI clears pending match fees of 2020-21 COVID-affected domestic season ahead of Ranji Trophy
It will be a welcome news for the domestic cricketers with the new Ranji Trophy season to be played from January 13 to March 17 across seven venues even though a change in schedule cannot be ruled out given the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country after the emergence of Omicron variant.
The BCCI had earlier decided to increase the match fee of the players during its Apex Council meeting in September following the recommendations made by the working committee comprising former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin, Yudhvir Singh, Santosh Menon, Jaydev Shah, Avishek Dalmiya, Rohan Jaitley, and Devajit Saikia.
According to the new pay slabs, the senior men will earn between Rs 40,000 to 60,000 per day of cricket, while senior women are set to receive up to Rs 20,000 per day.
BCCI Domestic Cricket: BCCI clears pending match fees of 2020-21 COVID-affected domestic season ahead of Ranji Trophy
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