BCCI hikes domestic match fees

The war between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the ICL is well and truly on. A day after Subhash Chandra’s breakaway group announced that 51 players had joined the league, the BCCI responded by sacking Kapil Dev as chairman of the National Cricket Academy and increasing the pay pack of domestic cricketers to prevent further exodus.

The BCCI also reiterated its stand that players who associate with ICL will not be eligible for benefits or to play for the country or their state. What this means is that the ICL players have basically been banned by the BCCI.

Along with the ban, the BCCI is likely to increase the match fee for the senior domestic tournment players from Rs 26,000 per day to Rs 36,000. The prize money for domestic tournaments is being hiked to Rs 42 million.


The payment to domestic players is expected to touch Rs 550 million for 2007-08, up from Rs 430 million in 2006-2007. This was Rs 310 million in 2005-2006.

The projected distribution for international players for 2007-2008 is expected to be Rs 550 million. This was Rs 430 million in 2006-07, while in 2005-06 it was Rs 310 million and Rs 260 million in 2004-2005.

The BCCI also today announced that surplus income for the year was Rs 2.3 billion as against Rs 330 million in 2005-2006. Overall income for 2006-2007 was Rs 6.5 billion as against Rs 4.3 billion in 2005-2006.


The BCCI will also set up a museum and will invest Rs 100 million on it. For this, it is negotiating and collecting archival materials.

The BCCI is also planning to set up a national cricket academy in Bangalore. The board will create an indoor cricket academy in Delhi and a coaching academy in
Kolkata to serve the East and North Eastern states.

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