Pay-Cuts In Indian Team? BCCI Keen To Penalise Underperforming Players In Fresh System: Report
File photo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma© BCCI/Sportzpics Amid the speculative chatter on big-picture changes in the Indian cricket team, the Board Of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly looking to introduce variable pay for players which would also allow them to deduct money if performance isn’t up to the mark. The Indian board, in the wake of the recent results in Test assignments against New Zealand and Australia, is looking to opt for a more corporate-like structure where the players could both be rewarded and penalised in monetary form based on their performances. As a fresh system, with the arrival of BCCI’s new secretary and treasurer, Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia respectively, begins to take place, many changes can be expected in the way the BCCI functions and handles its players. One of those changes is introducing performance-based pay. “It was one of the suggestions given that players should be held accountable and if their performance is deemed not fit as per expectations, they should face variable pay-cuts,” …
