Win and flourish or flop and lose money: BCCI

MUMBAI: The performance-related match fee structure for Indian players that is being mooted by the Cricket Board would be based on overall performance of the team and not on individual displays, a BCCI official said on Saturday.

"The proposal is to take into consideration the performance of the team as a whole and not individuals for players' match fees," Board's Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said.

"For example if the match fee is Rs 100, Rs 60 may be directly given to the players and the rest kept back. If the team wins, the players would get a bonus too along with the amount retained.

"But in case of a failure, the amount kept in abeyance would not be paid," Shetty explained.

Asked what would happen in case of a draw in a Test match, Shetty said so far the modalities for it had not yet been finalised.

The Indian players are yet to sign the new contracts with the Board and clauses relating to the proposed performance based match fees could be incorporated in the fresh contracts before the players sign on the dotted line on their return from South Africa.

Shetty also said Selection Committee Chairman Dilip Vengsarkar will leave for South Africa only after November 30, the day the Indian squad would be picked for the three-Test series that follows the ongoing limited over series.

"His date of departure for South Africa will be decided when he attends the November 30 meeting. The plan is he would reach there before the first Test (to be held from Dec 15-19 at Johannesburg)," he said.

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