One yr after promise, compensation plan but to be labored out for Ranji Trophy gamers

The compensation promised to India’s first-class gamers after the 2020 Ranji Trophy season stood cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic is but to be disbursed as state models have nonetheless not despatched within the requisite particulars, BCCI Treasurer Arun Dhumal instructed PTI on Monday.
In a current article within the UK’s ‘Telegraph’ newspaper, it got here to mild that the BCCI is but to share the T20 World Cup runners-up prize cash of USD 550,000 with the Indian girls’s group. The Board responded by promising to ship this week.
The developments additionally introduced into focus the inordinate delay in gamers’ funds throughout the board, no matter gender.
The Ranji Trophy compensation bundle is one other occasion of delay and devising an appropriate method for every one isn’t as straightforward and linear, Dhumal admitted.
“We have to discuss with states because they have to tell us who would have played, how many matches, who would have been in reserves. None of the states have sent any proposal for the compensation package,” Dhumal mentioned.
During this version of Indian Premier League, there have been 73 uncapped Indian home gamers throughout eight groups (together with Basil Thampi and Deepak Hooda, who’ve been part of the Indian group).
These gamers had contracts starting from ₹20 lakh to almost ₹10 crore (Krishnappa Gowtham).
However, there are round 700 others, who don’t have IPL contracts and make something between ₹10 lakh to ₹20 lakh in a full home season with most earnings coming from Ranji Trophy the place they get a match charge of ₹1.40 lakh.
“The treasurer is correct. The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has introduced the compensation however how do you establish that are the gamers who would play 8 video games, or 10 video games in a season? The reserve gamers get half, so how do you compute that?
“You can’t just give a flat amount to every player. Giving a lump sum to states is an option but how do you monitor the states?” requested a former BCCI official and state unit veteran.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant closure of BCCI headquarters has led to delays nevertheless it’s of little comfort to the home gamers as most of them are but to obtain the Gross Revenue Share (GRS) for the previous few seasons.
BCCI has at all times allotted a share from its TV broadcast income to the home cricketers and it’s usually paid in September after the annual accounts are settled.
According to Dhumal, the GRS of home cricketers has been stored pending for the reason that 2016-17 season.
“We pay the GRS amounts after the accounts are settled. But I must tell you that since 2016-17, when the Committee of Administrators (CoA) was in operation, GRS has not been cleared.”
However, Dhumal mentioned that this yr’s Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy funds ( ₹35,000 per match) have been cleared.
“I can also confirm that payments for the Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy have also been disbursed,” Dhumal knowledgeable.
He then defined how the funds are disbursed.
“It’s the state associations which elevate the bill of the match charges of their gamers as per the variety of video games they’ve performed or been a part of the collection. Verification a part of the information (matches performed) is finished by the states.
“The GST also needs to be computed. If the states delay in sending the invoices, that at times also leads to delay in payments. Some states, immediately after the end of the season, send us the invoice with all due diligence and their players immediately receive payments,” mentioned Dhumal.
The senior Indian gamers acquired their annual retainer charges after practically one yr, cause being the delay in signing the contracts.
“The delay in payment of central contracts was two fold. The offices were closed and also it took time during lockdown to get the players to sign the contract document,” Dhumal mentioned.