Indian Cricket Players To Earn More Under The New Proposed Contract

Did they tell you that Indian cricket players to earnLet us analyse 2 extreme scenarios.
more under the new (proposed) contract? Check outWining 50% Matches
some important statistic everyone has been hiding...Old System New System
Taking a tough stand in the wake of India's WorldRetainer
Cup debacle, the BCCI on Saturday scrapped theTendulkar 50 Lacs 5 Lacs
players' contract system and reverted to paymentYuvraj S 35 Lacs 5 Lacs
of match fees, including bonus for every series win.Zaheer K 20 Lacs 5 Lacs
Previous contract system had three grades.Match Fees
* Senior players like Rahul Dravid, Sachin TendulkarODI
and Virender Sehwag were Grade A players and gotTendulkar 48 Lacs 45 Lacs
a retainership of Rs 50 lakhs. In addition they wereYuvraj S 48 Lacs 45 Lacs
paid Rs 2.5 lakh per Test and Rs 1.60 lakh per ODI.Zaheer K 48 Lacs 45 Lacs
* Grade B players included Yuvraj Singh, Mohd Kaif,Test Matches
Ajit Agarkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and they wereTendulkar 25 Lacs 25 Lacs
paid Rs 35 lakh as retainership, Rs 2.5 lakh per TestYuvraj S 25 Lacs 25 Lacs
and Rs 1.60 lakh per ODI.Zaheer K 25 Lacs 25 Lacs
* Grade C players like Zaheer Khan, Suresh Raina andBonus
S Sreesanth were paid Rs 20 lakh as retainer and theODI
same as match fee for Tests and ODI as Grade ATendulkar 0 Lacs 27 Lacs (1x15+3x4)
and B.Yuvraj S 0 Lacs 27 Lacs
Under the proposal, the basic retainer fee will reduceZaheer K 0 Lacs 27 Lacs
to Rs 5 lacs, while the match fees will be Rs. 1.5 lacTest Matches
per ODI and Rs. 2.5 lac per Test.Tendulkar 0 Lacs 18.5 Lacs (2.5x5+3x2)
EndorsementsYuvraj S 0 Lacs 18.5 Lacs
Restricting the players to 3 endorsements is aZaheer K 0 Lacs 18.5 Lacs
debatable clause, though the player's total earningsTotal Earnings
may not be affected, since the players would beTendulkar 123 Lacs 120.5 Lacs
extract their total endorsemens from these 3Yuvraj S 108 Lacs 120.5 Lacs
contracts to a large extent since the availability ofZaheer K 93 Lacs 120.5 Lacs
players would go down, so the best brands would vieWining 70% Matches
for each player and consequently the brand valueOld System New System
would go up for each player. Also it would reduce theRetainer
load on the player and unexpected pressure on theTendulkar 50 Lacs 5 Lacs
player from the brand. In the end, however, it seemsYuvraj S 35 Lacs 5 Lacs
to be an infringement on their basic rights. ThumbsZaheer K 20 Lacs 5 Lacs
Down.Match Fees
Retainership FeesODI
Earlier the retainer fees were Rs. 50 lacs, 35 lacs andTendulkar 48 Lacs 45 Lacs
20 lacs depending on the player grade (which anywayYuvraj S 48 Lacs 45 Lacs
was controversial). Now the retainership fees isZaheer K 48 Lacs 45 Lacs
reduced and spread over the incetives. Please seeTest Matches
analysis below. Thumbs Up.Tendulkar 25 Lacs 25 Lacs
Match FeesYuvraj S 25 Lacs 25 Lacs
It decided to cut down the players' one-day feesZaheer K 25 Lacs 25 Lacs
from Rs 1.6 lac to Rs 1.5 lac each and Rs. 2.5 lac perBonus
Test. Hardly any change here. Neutral.ODI
Performance Incentives:Tendulkar 0 Lacs 39 Lacs (1x21+3x6)
Linking payments directly to performance, the playersYuvraj S 0 Lacs 39 Lacs
would be played a flat fee with incentives forZaheer K 0 Lacs 39 Lacs
winning. As reported, the payments would be aroundTest Matches
Rs one lac for an ODI and about Rs 2.50 lac for aTendulkar 0 Lacs 24 Lacs (2.5x7+3x3)
Test. They'd also be given a bonus of Rs 3 lac eachYuvraj S 0 Lacs 24 Lacs
for winning a series, BCCI sources said.Zaheer K 0 Lacs 24 Lacs
A Top player play about 30 ODI and 10 TestTotal Earnings
Matches every year which is about 8 ODI series andTendulkar 123 Lacs 138 Lacs
4 Test Series. Presuming 60% wins, you end upYuvraj S 108 Lacs 138 Lacs
winning 5 ODI series (out of 8) and 18 ODI matchesZaheer K 93 Lacs 138 Lacs
out of 30, you'd expect a windfall of 45 lacs asThis is still not counting the earnings from playing the
match fees, and a bonus of 18 lacs for winning 8compulsory 40 days of domestic cricket.
ODIs and 15 lacs for winning 5 series. So you collect aYes, if a person is dropped his earnings go. Which
total of Rs. 78 lacs from the ODIs alone. Compare itanyway should not have been there in the first case.
to 98 lacs tendulkar would've made under the earlierIn case of injured players they'd get the earnings
contract and 68 lacs that Zaheer Khan would've(maybe not the incentives, which again is fair)
made under the earlier system. Now imagive if theySo in the end the new proposed system is much
were to win 70% of their matches, the earnings gobetter than the earlier system. Thumbs Up.
up to 84 lacs and so on.