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BCCI acts on Virat Kohli's idea, plans special pay for 'only' Test players

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New Delhi: India skipper Virat Kohli had spoken to BCCI ahead of the Champions Trophy and asked them to look into the financial condition of India players who play only one format of the game. And his vision is close to seeing the light of the day as BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry proposed a restructured plan at the board’s financial committee meeting on Friday that looks at the interest of Indian players who are restricted to playing one format and are not regulars in all three formats of the game.

Speaking to CricketNext, a senior BCCI official who has had a few discussions with Kohli on the issue said that Kohli’s concern about players playing just one format and those playing Ranji Trophy made sense as the youngsters who play the IPL have their position taken care of, thanks to the immense popularity of the cash-rich T20 league.

“Just prior to the Champions Trophy, then head coach Anil Kumble had proposed a pay hike plan for centrally contracted player that also spoke about the captain getting paid extra for his role as leader. That is when Anirudh spoke to Kohli about the matter as it was hard to believe that a team-man like Kohli would be on the same page as Kumble on the captain getting paid extra for discharging the captain's responsibility. In fact, Kohli went on to say that every player's interest should be taken care of, but especially those who play just one format should be priority.

“Anirudh and Kohli’s thought process definitely match and he has come out with this proposal which not only looks at the interest of players like Cheteshwar Pujara — only plays the Test format — but also of Ranji Trophy players. It is an issue that was also brought up by Harbhajan Singh as he saw the poor pay structure in domestic cricket,” the official said.

In fact, the idea is to create a Test player fund wherein money will come through IPL auctions. Explaining the process, the official said: “We will have a cap on the fee for uncapped Indian players and foreign players. The franchise is free to bid for the player to any extent, but the player will only get what is allowed as per the cap and the rest of the money will go to the fund.”

Asked if this was also a move to ensure that young cricketers don’t start giving T20 cricket priority, the official said: “Well priorities are for the cricketers to decide. Our job is to pass the right signal and there is no two-way about it that we are as much focused on being the No.1 team in Test cricket as we are keen to dominate the 50-over and T20 format. There should be no wrong signal to any player that playing franchise cricket is more lucrative than playing the longer format.”

But all this can happen only after the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators approve of the proposal. “Things have changed and it is no longer the BCCI officials who get to take the final call. It has to be sent to the COA for approval and only then can Kohli and BCCI’s vision see the light of the day,” the official signed off.

http://www.news18.com/cricketnext/n...pecial-pay-for-only-test-players-1540417.html
 
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BCCI continues to set the benchmark for other boards. Brilliant stuff.
 
Great idea this ~
We will have a cap on the fee for uncapped Indian players and foreign players. The franchise is free to bid for the player to any extent, but the player will only get what is allowed as per the cap and the rest of the money will go to the fund.”
No need to overpay celebrities, especially with questionable attitude, even Indian ones for that matter!
 
Guys like PUjara work his *** out in Tests. Hardly see any bucks in mickey mouse tournament as nobody picks him. He should be rewarded.
 
Great idea this ~No need to overpay celebrities, especially with questionable attitude, even Indian ones for that matter!

That's not how it works. Players should get as much money as the highest bid. You can pay more to test players without taking away money from others.

Their attitude has nothing to do with it. It just depends on how much people are willing to pay for them. If people want to overpay, then you can't stop them.
 
That's not how it works. Players should get as much money as the highest bid. You can pay more to test players without taking away money from others.

Their attitude has nothing to do with it. It just depends on how much people are willing to pay for them. If people want to overpay, then you can't stop them.
What do you mean, they already make hundreds of millions (in rupees) each year, why not put a realistic cap on player salaries like the rest of the world. Do you think we should distribute Indian money just because the GOAT A/R is playing his first IPL, even for that matter any Indian player. These guys already make more from sponsorship in a year than any pother league or intl cricket played over many years, combined.
 
Test cricket is a dying sport. Talent will continue to gravitate towards T20 cricket primarily for financial reasons.

BCCI is a rich board and can afford to slow down the inevitable but the writing is on the wall.
 
This is the stupidest idea i have heard.Capping the auction bid.If you want to pay the test players, pay from your own corpus rather than take away from another player.
 
This is the stupidest idea i have heard.Capping the auction bid.If you want to pay the test players, pay from your own corpus rather than take away from another player.

What's worse is that the cap would only apply to certain players.
 
What do you mean, they already make hundreds of millions (in rupees) each year, why not put a realistic cap on player salaries like the rest of the world. Do you think we should distribute Indian money just because the GOAT A/R is playing his first IPL, even for that matter any Indian player. These guys already make more from sponsorship in a year than any pother league or intl cricket played over many years, combined.

Why not? If someone is willing to pay that much, then why should BCCI give a cut of it to someone else? It doesn't matter how much they already get paid.

By all means, increase the salaries of test players. But don't take it from IPL players.
 
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