BCCI To Form Committee For Compensating Domestic Cricketers After Ranji Got Cancelled

For many domestic players, Ranji Trophy is their only source of income. As the tournament was cancelled this year due to Covid, many cricketers faced financial problems. 

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New Delhi: BCCI has decided to form a committee to help the domestic cricketers who are suffering due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ranji Trophy was cancelled for the first time in 87 years due to the pandemic. While Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was held this year, many players are yet to receive the payment for it. 

All these grievances were addressed by the BCCI in the meeting of the Apex Council of the board on Sunday and the BCCI decided to form a committee for domestic cricketers. For many domestic players, Ranji Trophy is their only source of income. As the tournament was cancelled this year due to Covid, many cricketers faced financial problems. 

"The BCCI office-bearers have been authorized to form the panel and they will come with proposals," a BCCI official told Cricbuzz. The board has also decided to help India's Olympians who are set to participate in Tokyo 2020. Both these initiatives are by secretary Jay Shah. 

The point about domestic cricketers' increasing frustration was pointed out on many occasions. “Every first-class cricketer who doesn’t play the IPL is finding it frustrating. Payment for the cancelled Ranji season should be a priority (of the BCCI). International cricketers are getting their salaries and players in the IPL will get their money, but what about first-class cricketers? We really depend on this income. We don’t have ads or big contracts to rely on,” said Faiz Fazal, Vidarbha's captain to The New Indian Express. 

Cricketers like Fazal are playing league cricket in England.