
The cricket Board today said that all players picked for the Bangladesh tour would be given a flat retainer of Rs 5 lakh. 8220;In addition to the flat retainer of Rs 5 lakh the players would be entitled for match fees and bonus,8221; said BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah on his return from the West Indies.
The working committee had decided at its World Cup review meeting here on April 7 to abolish graded payment for the players and instead introduce a flat retainer.
8220;There will be a bonus if the team wins a match and a separate one too if it wins the series, but there won8217;t be any deduction for losses,8221; he said, adding that exact details of the amount would be announced later.
8220;All these amounts as well as the condition that the players8217; individual endorsements would be limited to three per head have been included in the contracts clauses to be signed by the players before they leave for Bangladesh on May 7,8221; Shah said.
Shah said the complete contracts, minus signed up amounts, of the personal endorsement deals entered into by the players will have to be submitted to the BCCI.
8220;As has been decided by the Working Committee on April 7 the players have to provide copies of their endorsement contracts to the Board,8221; the BCCI official said.
8220;They have been giving us the list of products they are endorsing so far. But we have asked them for the entire contracts but without the contracted amounts which we don8217;t want to know,8221; he said.
The players international and domestic equally were also receiving 26 per cent of the gross revenue of the Board, including for TV rights.