BCCI mulling performance based incentives for players

New Delhi, Jul 1

Encouraged by the financial model followed by Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board, the BCCI is planning to introduce a performance-based incentive for the Indian team for each and every home and away series.

There was an initial blueprint that was drawn at the Board's finance committee meeting that took place here today. While the BCCI's finance committee has agreed in principle on going the corporate way, where profit sharing will be directly proportional to the board's revenue, the members discussed the possible ways of doing it.

“Till now, the BCCI normally gave handsome incentives to cricketers during triumphs in big tournaments like 50-over World Cup, World T20 or ICC Champions Trophy. But from now on, the BCCI is planning to have incentives for each and every series played at home and away,” sources told PTI.

For example, if India win a Test series at home, the cricketers will be entitled to a specific amount of incentive from the board apart from their match fees. Similarly, the amount will shoot up when they are playing on foreign soil. — PTI