The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators, on Sunday, decided to switch to online financial transactions to make direct payments to its cricketers at all levels, reported The Indian Express.
This online payments will not just be distributed amongst Virat Kohli and his team, but also men and women domestic players across age groups.
The current procedure has the board sends the players’ fees to the state associations, which then hand over the cheques. The CoA’s decision to directly transfer the players’ money into their accounts comes on the back of reports of office-bearers of state associations withholding payments to cricketers.
“All players will have to submit their KYC details and money will henceforth be credited straight into their accounts. There have been many instances of misconduct in the past. But we are only aware of the ones that have been reported. What about those which haven’t come under the spotlight?
“By making the payments online, we can at least be assured that all the players get their due payment and they don’t have to rely on their state associations,” said a source in the BCCI. For instance, Assam Cricket Association secretary Bikash Baruah was suspended last year for “alleged dereliction of duty and misconduct with players,” a BCCI source was quoted as saying.
After a probe was launched by the ACA disciplinary committee, it was revealed that 61 cheques issued by the BCCI to state players were reportedly seized from Baruah.
The report also added that a team which progresses to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy gets Rs 5 lakh from the BCCI, which is to be distributed among the players. There have been reports of players not getting their due.
