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Amid the speculative chatter on big-picture modifications within the Indian cricket crew, the Board Of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly trying to introduce variable pay for gamers which might additionally permit them to deduct cash if efficiency is not on top of things. The Indian board, within the wake of the current leads to Test assignments in opposition to New Zealand and Australia, is trying to go for a extra corporate-like construction the place the gamers might each be rewarded and penalised in financial kind based mostly on their performances.
As a recent system, with the arrival of BCCI’s new secretary and treasurer, Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia respectively, begins to happen, many modifications will be anticipated in the best way the BCCI capabilities and handles its gamers. One of these modifications is introducing performance-based pay.
“It was one of many ideas on condition that gamers ought to be held accountable and if their efficiency is deemed not match as per expectations, they need to face variable pay-cuts,” the Indian Express quoted a supply as saying.
One performance-based system is already in place, which might see gamers that includes within the taking part in XI of greater than 50 % of Tests in a season since 2022-23 to obtain an incentive of Rs 30 lakh per sport. A participant can earn Rs 45 lakh per sport if participated in not less than 75 % of matches in a season. The system was launched to make gamers prioritise Test cricket or white-ball codecs.
The report within the paper additionally claims that the crew administration feels gamers do not worth Test cricket as a lot as they need to, with the longest format nonetheless being handled casually whilethe focus stays to excel in white-ball cricket.
“There was dialogue whether or not the present gamers had been a bit detached when India loses a Test match. The crew administration understands the worth of Test cricket however many gamers do not give an excessive amount of significance to it,” the report quoted a supply as saying.
BCCI has been urged by the Indian crew administration to deal with this subject and make sure the subsequent era of gamers put the worth of a Test cap over white-ball profession.
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