BCCI reveals the details of payments made during the month of April 2018

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is busy organising the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). While the tournament is going smoothly this time around without any controversies, they have taken care of the payments which are to be made to the Cricket Associations. A lot of things come into the consideration when a venue has to host a cricket match amongst which the security of the players and the fans are of utmost importance.

Moreover, hosting the matches of the IPL is a huge responsibility as almost every game is a sold out given the popularity in the country. Also, the associations are bound to take care of a lot of logistical issues as well with the introduction of the Decision Review System (DRS). Many times it has happened that the venues haven’t received their payments on time and there was a sense of dissatisfaction towards the board. But this time the credit has to go to BCCI for taking an early step and clearing out the payments after the conclusion of the first month.

BCCI releases the details

BCCI released the details of all the payments made in the month of April on its official website on Tuesday. The official broadcasters Star India has also received the payments from the Indian board regarding the charges related to the commentators and crew of the IPL. The ousted cricketer from the limited overs set-up Ravindra Jadeja has also been paid the pending share of the gross revenue since 2011 for playing international cricket outside India. He received a whopping amount of Rs 1.19 Crores from the Indian board.

The major payments, however, were made to all the Cricket Associations who are hosting the IPL matches and Wizcraft International Entertainment Private Limited who hosted the Opening Ceremony of the tournament. While almost 75% of the cost of the ceremony, for now, even the management fees for the same have been cleared.

As far as the cricketers are concerned, all the payments during the last home season when India hosted Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka have been cleared as well. Almost of all the cricketers received their payments in Lakhs, Rohit Sharma was the highest earner with Rs 1.16 Crore. Even the former Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra was paid an amount of Rs 1.18 Crore for missing the major part of the IPL last year.

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