The Board of Control for Cricket in India has planned to hike match fees for Test cricket along with bonuses for cricketers.
BCCI plans to hike Salary for Test Cricket
The BCCI is considering a hike in match fees for Tests along with more bonuses for cricketers to increase involvement in test format. With Cricketers looking forward to playing in t20 formats, especially in Indian Premier League.
BCCI has made it clear that all contracted players will have to take part in domestic cricket if they are not playing with the national side at the moment.
The report claims that BCCI is now looking at financial incentives for cricketers and that can even include bonuses that will be paid if a player plays all Test series in a single calendar year.
“For example, if someone plays all Test series in a calendar year, he should be rewarded additionally, apart from the annual retainer contract. This is to ensure that players turn out for more red-ball cricket. This would be an additional perk for playing Test cricket,” said a BCCI source.
The report further says that the remuneration model will be implemented after the upcoming IPL 2024 season. BCCI pays around INR 15 lakhs as match fees per test match, INR 6 lakhs for ODIs, and INR 3 lakhs for T20Is.
Coming to current fixtures, India secured victory in the ongoing England tour of India 2024 after sealing the victory in the fourth test of the series.
Batting first England scored 353 runs in the first innings of the match while India scored 219 runs for 7 wickets by the end of day 02.
Batting first, England struggled after losing 5 wickets for 112 runs before the lunch break of day 01. Akash Deep who made his test debut, dismissed England top order batters to create havoc in the batting line-up.
Joe Root smashed his 31st test century on day 01 of the fourth test. His century brought back England to score 302 runs losing 6 wickets by the end of the day 01.
Ravindra Jadeja had a four-wicket haul while Akash Deep picked three wickets. Siraj bowled 18 overs to pick 2 wickets.
India started their first innings when Rohit Sharma was dismissed by James Anderson in the third over. India scored 34 runs losing one wicket before the lunch break on day 02.
Shubman Gill was sent back after scoring 38 runs in the first innings at Ranchi. With the middle order dismissed at regular intervals, Dhruv Jurel concluded the day standing unbeaten with 30 runs in the match. By the end of day 02 India finally scored 307 runs in the first innings.
England scored 145 runs in the second inning whereas India needed 192 runs to win the match. Zak Crawley was the only scorer to cross fifty and Jonny Bairstow scored 30 runs in the second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin had a five-wicket haul in the second innings and helped the side.
In the second innings, after the dismissal of Yashasvi, India struggled against England bowlers as they went from 84/1 to 120/5. Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel joined forces to lead the side to victory.
India and England will be playing their fifth and final test match starting on March 07 at HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala.
