Aimed at providing financial growth and stability to esteemed athletes, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on 9 March announced the initiation of the ‘Test Cricket Incentive Scheme’ for Senior Men.
Under the ‘Test Cricket Incentive Scheme’ – commencing from the 2022-23 season – athletes will served with an additional reward structure on top of the existing match fee for Test matches, set at ₹15 lakhs.
Taking to X, BCCI secretary Jay Shah wrote, “I am pleased to announce the initiation of the ‘Test Cricket Incentive Scheme’ for Senior Men, a step aimed at providing financial growth and stability to our esteemed athletes. Commencing from the 2022-23 season, the ‘Test Cricket Incentive Scheme’ will serve as an additional reward structure on top of the existing match fee for Test matches, set at INR 15 lakhs.”
According to details, a player who represents more than 50 percent of the matches in a season will be paid ₹30 lakh extra per match as an incentive, whereas a player who represents more than 75 percent of games will be paid an extra ₹45 lakh per match.
However, non-playing members of the size will be paid 50 percent of the amount.
A playing XI member makes ₹15 Lakhs per game apart from the central retainer amount they are paid annually. With the current move, now players can make a sizeable amount of money even though they fall under a lower bracket in the retainers, reported cricket.com.
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Meanwhile, India won the 5th Test at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala on March 9, by beating England by an innings and 64 runs. Apart from this, India also won the series 4-1.
