NEW DELHI: The finance committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will meet here on Thursday to discuss increase in the central contract money and match fees of women cricketers as well as all other domestic cricketers under the board.
The meeting will be chaired by senior Congress politician Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is the head of finance committee. While ‘men/women players’ contracts (increase in retainership/match fees/tour fees)’ will be topmost in the seven point agenda in Thursday’s meeting. Another point will be the inclusion of new players in the central contract of BCCI. Also, the status of Gross Revenue Share (GRS) paid to players (international and domestic) will come up for discussion.
The committee will also take note of additions/deletions to the list of beneficiaries of the Gratis Scheme of BCCI. There will also be a discussion on distribution of money received for the ICC Test ranking award as well as the BCCI cash reward, besides taking note of the cash amount paid to differently-abled players, says an Indian Express report.
