BCCI reveals payment details for July 2017

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made the payment details official for the month of July 9 above Rs 25 lakh. Former Indian coach Anil Kumble’s dues of Rs 97.50 lakhs has been cleared by the BCCI. The Board released two amounts of Rs 48.75 lakhs as “Professional fees for the month of May 2017” and “Professional fees for the month of June 2017”.

India’s women’s team members, who reached the finals of the World Cup 2017, along with the supports staff, received a prize money of Rs. 45 lakhs each.

Former Indian cricketers, who played between 1 to 9 Tests, received a one-time benefit of Rs. 35 lakhs from the board. The names include players like Robin Singh, Yograj Singh, TA Sekar and Sarandeep Singh. Ishant Sharma, KL Rahul and Stuart Binny received respective amounts of ICC and BCCI’s Test rankings prize money. Surprisingly, Binny, who hasn’t represented India in the recent times, received the highest amount out of the three players, capping close to Rs. 55 lakh. Sharma, along with Binny, Wriddhiman Saha and Varun Aaron, also took home long-standing amounts from the 2015-16 season for matches played outside the country.

New Rising India, owners of the now-defunct Pune IPL franchise received Rs 21 Crores as prize money for finishing as one of the finalists. Other payments included stay charges to various hotels across the country, as well as advertising expenses to different media companies. Apart from New Rising India, Sun TV Network, owners of 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad, were also paid Rs. 16 crores as prize money for their team finishing in the top-4 in IPL 2017.

Interestingly, Kumble, then coach of the Indian team demanded that the chief coach must get 60% of the skipper’s estimated earnings in a 19-page proposal to the BCCI that he sent across last month. He was later replaced my Ravi Shastri after reports broke out regarding the rift between him and captain Virat Kohli.