BCCI Central Contracts: Jasprit Bumrah will get a benefit of ₹ 2 crore. BCCI is going to change the rules of the contract.

News India Live, Digital Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may soon review its Central Contracts. The matter heated up when it came to light that senior players missing matches due to workload management were suffering financial loss. Especially for players like Jasprit Bumrah, who is rested from some matches due to injury risk. What is the ‘Gap’ of ₹2 crore? As per the current rules, players also get a per match fee in addition to their ‘Retainer Fee’. Retainer Fee: Grade A+ players (like Bumrah, Rohit, Virat) get ₹7 crore annually. Match Fee: ₹15 lakh for Tests, ₹15 lakh for ODIs ₹ 6 lakh and ₹ 3 lakh for T20. Reason for controversy: Fast bowlers like Bumrah are often given rest from bilateral series under ‘workload management’. Statistics show that due to this rest, Bumrah loses match fees of about ₹ 2 crore annually, whereas players who play all three formats easily earn this amount. BCCI’s new ‘Compensatory Formula’ According to BCCI sources, the Board feels that it is unfair to deduct the fees of those players who have been given rest only on the instructions of the Board. For this, two major changes are being discussed: No-loss policy: If a player is rested on the advice of the medical team, he can be given some part of the estimated match fee for that series as ‘compensation’. Increase in retainer fee: It is also discussed that the retainer fee of ‘A+’ grade can be increased from ₹ 7 crore to ₹ 10 crore, so that the difference in match fee can be eliminated. Workload Management and Team India In view of the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026 and the upcoming important Test Championship (WTC), BCCI wants to keep its main bowlers fit. The board believes that in order to keep the players mentally and physically fresh, they should not face financial penalty for missing matches.Current BCCI grading system (at a glance)GradeAnnual retainer feeKey playersA+₹7 croreRohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra JadejaA₹5 croreR Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Hardik PandyaB₹3 croreSuryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh PantC₹1 croreRinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad