The Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) is reportedly set to earn nearly 40% of the ICC’s net surplus earnings from its next four-year commercial cycle.
The ICC has proposed that the BCCI, which contributes 38.5% of its annual earnings, will earn approximately $230 million per year between 2024-27 out of a total annual surplus income of $600m in the updated financial model, ESPNcricinfo reports.
The math is straightforward. India contributes 38.5% of ICC’s annual earnings. Ergo it is entitled to 38.5% of ICC’s net surplus annual earnings of $600m.
In this proposed model, BCCI’s share is more than five times over that of the second biggest earner – ECB – at $41.33m (6.89%). CA comes next at $37.53m (6.25%).PCB is the only other board projected to make more than $30m among the remaining nine Full Members of the ICC. The Pakistan board is projected to receive $34.51m (5.75%).
Of the projected $600m pool, the 12 Full Members will get $532.84m (88.81%), with the remaining $67.16m (11.19%) going to the Associate Members, ESPNcricnfo further reports.
The earnings of the other eight Full Members are below 5%.
What the other nations (aside from Ireland) will make
New Zealand: $28.38 (4.73%)
West Indies: $27.50 (4.58%)
Sri Lanka: $27.12 (4.52%)
Bangladesh: $26.74 (4.46%)
South Africa: $26.24 (4.37%)
Zimbabwe: $17.64 (2.94%)
Afghanistan: $16.82 (2.80%)
The overall annual figure is based on the estimated $3.2 billion earnings of the ICC from the sale of its media rights alone. The media rights for the first time were sold across five separate regions globally, including the Indian market. Expectedly, by far the largest share of that money has come from the sale of rights in the Indian market, where Disney Star paid just over $3 billion for the four-year rights.
