India’s head coach Anil Kumble is understood to have impressed upon the Committee of Administrators (CoA) and BCCI office-bearers to take an encompassing look at revising the Indian team salary structure, both central contracts and match fees.
Kumble made a power point presentation to them in Hyderabad on Sunday.
During the course of the India-Australia Test series, the CoA met Kumble and skipper Virat Kohli and support staff members to ascertain their views on the player remuneration.
On being asked to make a presentation, Kumble submitted a report after the series. Kumble seems to have taken note of the salary structures followed by Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board and accordingly worked on a fair formula for the Indian team.
Kumble may have also conveyed to the CoA and BCCI the need for long-term professional coaching system, delivering contracts on time and most importantly, maintaining continuity. Kumble replaced Ravi Shastri (Team Director) and has met with extraordinary success. His tenure will end at the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Kohli interacted with the CoA and BCCI members through video conference and was on the same page as Kumble on the burning issue the India captain raised with the BCCI before the India-New Zealand Test series last year.
Recently, the CoA doubled the central contracts remuneration for Grade-A players to ₹2 crore, Grade-B to ₹1 crore and Grade-C to ₹50 lakh.
