Sunil Gavaskar asks BCCI for Compensation

Sunil Gavaskar asks BCCI for Compensation: Former India captain and legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar has asked for a compensation of Rs 1.90 crore from the BCCI for serving as the president of BCCI-IPL during last year’s IPL that took place in UAE and India.

Gavaskar was appointed ‘President, BCCI-IPL’ by Supreme Court of India’s order and was asked by the BCCI to pay him adequate compensation for cancelling out various media commitments during that period. Gavaskar was supposed to be a part of the commentary panel of the IPL but he put it on hold because of this commitment.

According to reliable source in the BCCI Working Committee, Gavaskar had written to the board about the compensation of Rs. 1.90 crore.

Gavaskar has written a letter to the BCCI. In the letter, he has sought an amount to the tune of Rs 1.90 crore which is equivalent to the money that he had to forego during the period as he couldn’t take up his media assignments which includes TV commentary, writing columns and also acting as media pundit, the source said.

When asked whether the amount that he has sought has already been approved, the official said, Not as of now. But obviously, he needs to be compensated as there is a SC directive and we need to follow that. But this letter will be placed before the finance committee, which will approve an amount. The amount that Gavaskar would get could be exactly what he has demanded or less depending upon what finance committee’s recommendations are.