Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar expressed his concern over being out of major domestic tournaments. India considered changes in the contract system, schedule and better pay for players to stop them.
Following BCCI’s announcement of an improved remuneration package for Test cricketers, Sunil Gavaskar, the former India captain, said that his package will provide domestic players with a central contract along with a similar raise for them, for whom it is mandatory to play. Will go. If fit for your home team.
Recently, there have been several instances of players with IPL contracts leaving Ranji Trophy games a few days early, in the best possible situation, by franchises from the league, possibly to avoid injury or to stay for the T20 league.
When Gavaskar was asked whether the domestic contract system was the need of the hour, he said, “Yes.” “The state association, if it has a contract system, will be bound to play so not only the player, but the association that violates the contract can also withhold the NOC (No Objection Certificate) for the player – to allow him to appear in the IPL.
For Remuneration for playing the Ranji Trophy should also be enhanced with a slab system where players playing matches get at least 10 more and after the matches, the next slab comes every 10 more. In this way, there will be encouragement to play Ranji Trophy also.”
Financial Greater incentives
Apart from financial incentives and the contract system, Gavaskar believes there is a need for first-class cricket to encourage more cricketers to change the domestic schedule.
This comes after Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer missed the Ranji Trophy games after being deprived of central contracts despite not being part of the Indian team.
Gavaskar believes that there should be a domestic contract system in place to guarantee minimum financial returns for players. on which the board is working
This will be in addition to the increased remuneration package
The former India captain is not surprised by the fact that some Ranji players have turned their backs on the trophy. “Players from Vidarbha and today Mumbai who played every single (Ranji) game including the final, will get around Rs 15 lakh for 40 days of cricket.
“When you see players playing tennis-ball leagues getting less than a week’s work for almost double the amount, you can see why the Ranji Trophy is not attractive to some players,” Sunil Gavaskar told The Indian Express. told.
Akshay Wadkar, who captained Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final against Mumbai on day 43 of the domestic tournament, got Rs 25,80,000 for playing a major.
In the player auction 2024 IPL, the lowest base price for a player was Rs 20 lakh. In this season of Mumbai, only Bhupen Lalwani got Rs 17,20,000 for playing 10 Ranji matches.
