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[caption id="attachment_44088" align="aligncenter" width="580"] CK Khanna announced a pay hike for domestic cricketers at all domestic levels.
File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: The BCCI's acting president CK Khanna today assured the board is considering on a plan to ensure that domestic cricketers off all age-groups (senior, U-19, U-16) receive a big pay hike (minimum 50%) as it was discussed at the technical committee meeting on Tuesday. The BCCI is determined to raise the percentage of pay for all the domestic cricketers. The cricketers are now getting 13 percent which was last revised back in 2007. "The domestic players' pay structure needs to be reviewed. In my opinion, a minimum 50 per cent increase is a must. I have had discussions with our treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary and he is working out the modalities," Khanna told the media today during an interaction. "I believe that our team can put up a nice proposal before the general body, which is the forum which can clear policy decisions," acting president added. Under the chairmanship of former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, the Technical committee raised the issue during its meeting in Kolkata. Now days each cricketer gets Rs 10,000 per day and receive a match fee of Rs 40,000 in a Ranji Trophy game. Though the state team earns almost 12 lakh every season as a cricketer gets a percentage of money due to the broadcast rights earnings, which is given to them at the end of the season. The acting president however believes that the additional cost of a pay-hike for cricketers could be done through the money that is expected to be generated through IPL broadcast rights. Some senior officials feel that the BCCI state units could earmark an amount from their annual grant of Rs 20 crore but Khanna feels otherwise. "I don't think state units should be burdened with pay hike of domestic players. There is a school of thought that extra financial outflow can be arranged from the additional income that IPL broadcast rights will generate," the former DDCA top official said. It is also learnt that proposals are being created for hike in per day fees of International umpires officiating domestic games, scorers, video analysts. "The umpires, scorers, video analysts all had their fees last revised in 2012. They have been getting the same match fee for the past five seasons. The BCCI is also working on giving them appropriate hikes," Khanna added. Various Old Pay Structure 1) Players First-class, U-23: Rs 10,000 per match day (Since 2007) U-19 and U-16 players: Rs 3000 per match day (Since 2007) 2) Umpires Top Umpires and Ex-ICC Umpires: Rs 20,000/- (since 2012) Revised proposal: Rs 30,000/- All Other Umpires: Rs 15,000/- (since 2012) Revised Proposal: Rs 25,000/- 3) All Match Referees: Rs 15,000/- (Since 2012) Revised Proposals: Rs 25,000/- 4) All Scorers: Rs 5000/- (Since 2012) Revised Proposals: Rs 10,000/- 5) Video Analyst (Senior): Rs 7500/- Revised Proposals: Rs 12,000/- Video Analyst (Junior): Rs 3000/- Revised Proposal: Rs 8000/-.