The Finance Committee of the Cricket Board today recommended a substantial increase
in match fees to its domestic cricketers on the back of a net profit of around
Rs 232 crore secured by the BCCI in the last fiscal.
The panel, which met here today under the chairmanship of Sudhir Nanavati,
calculated its net profit for the year ended March 31, 2007 as Rs 231.64 crore.
"The committee has recommended that the up front payment
to domestic cricketers be increased from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 per day. But
the final approval will have to be given by the general body," BCCI sources
said.
As to the calculations arrived at by the committee, domestic
cricketers, who are entitled to just over 10.4 per cent of the BCCI's gross
revenue for the year, would get Rs 25,000 as match fees per day for the just-concluded
season out of which they have already received Rs 4,000.
The recommended match fees per day for the forthcoming domestic season as per
the finance committee's projected gross revenue for the current fiscal works
out to Rs 35,000 per day, according to the sources.
"If a player takes part in all the Ranji Trophy
matches till the final in the coming season he will take home Rs 14 lakh in
match fees. The least that a player who plays all matches in the league stage
(elite division) will get in Ranji Trophy is Rs 10 lakh," the sources disclosed.
Players who take part in other senior domestic tournaments
like the Duleep, Deodhar and Challenger Trophies would also be entitled to the
recommended Rs 35,000 per day for the coming season which would substantially
boost their season's match fees, the sources added.
|
