BCCI may increase player salaries

The world’s richest cricket board doubled salaries for the 2016-17 season and improved match fees across all three formats for its 32 centrally contracted players, placed in three categories. 

However, the new pay package did not meet the demands of the players, who have been pushing for a revamped compensation structure, according to local media reports. 

Vinod Rai, who heads the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators to supervise the running of the BCCI, met national captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday to discuss the issue.

“Since the 2016-17 contracts are already done, we will certainly consider the players’ request for a hike in the upcoming season,” Rai, the former comptroller and auditor general “ of India, said. 

“We have heard the players and we will come out with a solution within two months.” Under the revised terms, players in the uppermost ‘A’ bracket have been put on a retainer of 20 million rupees (about $307,000) for the period ending on September 20, up from 10 million rupees last season.