MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has accepted India Under-19 head coach Rahul Dravid’s decision for parity in cash prizes towards the support staff of the ICC U-19 World Cup 2018 winning team.
Dravid, the head coach had previously put forward his reservations after the board announced cash prizes of Rs 50, 30 and 20 lakhs for Dravid, the players, and the support staff respectively. Unhappy with BCCI over the decision, the former India skipper later demanded all the members be paid equally having stressed the importance of no discrimination in cash rewards.
However, according to The Indian Express, Dravid took a 50 per cent pay cut in order to ensure the whole support staff gets paid an equal sum of Rs 25 lakhs, which has also assisted the family of trainer Rajesh Savant who passed away during a tour with the team last year.
BCCI has also extended the felicitation list by including members of the support staff who were a part of the team’s year-long preparation ahead of the ICC U-19 2018 World Cup in New Zealand.
