Virat Kohli to discuss pay hike proposal with CoA on Thursday

The head of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), Vinod Rai, is expected to meet the Indian captain Virat Kohli today (Thursday – November 30, 2017). The meeting is expected to be about the pay hike proposal made by the Indian cricketers. Recently, the reports had surfaced the media which suggested that the Indian cricketers are demanding a hike in their pay grades.

Also, at the same time, the CoA had assured that they will be meeting the big heads of the Indian cricket team some time between the second and the third Test against Sri Lanka. The meeting between Virat Kohli and CoA is set to take place at the Taj Mansingh Hotel in Delhi today. Along with Virat Kohli, two other key members of the Indian team – MS Dhoni and Ravi Shastri – are also going to attend the meeting.

Interestingly, this is not the first time that a pay hike proposal is being made to the board. Earlier, former head coach Anil Kumble had also made a similar proposal earlier this year.

“We have met them twice already. First time was when Anil Kumble made his presentation. We are, during the course of the Test match (Delhi Test match against Sri Lanka), going to meet them again. We are going to meet them as we have prepared the entire compensation package for players which we want to bounce it off them,” Vinod Rai quoted as per the reports in CatchNews.

Reason for the demand

The BCCI currently pays Rs 2 crore to Grade A players, Rs 1 crore to Grade B players and Rs 50 lakh to Grade C players. Despite this high pay that the players are receiving, they have demanded a higher pay. This is because of the reason that the board has recently struck a massive deal with Star India. Hence, the players want a share of the increased revenue.