MUMBAI: Just days after a report highlighted that several domestic players were yet to receive their award money despite four months having gone by since the announcement, the BCCI reportedly transferred the amount to the bank accounts of 10 cricketers.
According to the Indian Express, the eight male players who received Rs 150,000 each are: Sidak Singh (Puducherry), the highest wicket-taker in the under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy; Aryan Hooda (Jharkhand), the highest run-getter in U-16 Vijay Merchant tournament; Abhishek Yadav (Jharkhand), the highest wicket-taker in Vijay Merchant tourney; Manan Hingrajia (Gujarat), the highest run-getter in the under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy; Apurva Anand (Gujarat), the highest wicket-taker in the under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy; Vathsal Govind (Kerala), the highest run-getter in under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy; Milind Kumar (Sikkim), the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy and Ashutosh Aman (Bihar), the highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy, received Rs 250,000 as prize money.
Shafali Verma who was the best woman player in junior’s cricket and Deepti Sharma the best player at senior level also received Rs 150,000 each as prize money. All the awards were announced at a function held in Mumbai in January.
According to an earlier IE report, families of the junior cricketers were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the release of the prize money would come as a huge boost.
Former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar who was banned for five years for alleged match-fixing in 2000 will also be given his pending dues by the BCCI that amount to over Rs 10 million.
The decision follows the board clearing the dues of former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, of approximately Rs 15 million, in December 2019.
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