Six aspects of Indian cricket BCCI needs to fix in 2022
Updated On: 01 January, 2022 07:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Six aspects which the big wigs of Indian cricket board ought to fix this year
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BCCI secretary Jay Shah and president Sourav Ganguly (right). Pic/AFP
While former cricketers have availed of BCCI’s One Time Payment for services rendered apart from their pension, there is no such gesture for ex-Test umpires. Many of these umpires, who avail of the Rs 2,25,000 pension, have sacrificed as much if not more than players. Many of them went on assignments—domestic and Test cricket—while on leave from their respective employers. mid-day remembers the late Test umpire Judah Reuben telling us that since he was a finger print expert, he used to be called on duty at night and stand as an umpire the following day.
With the BCCI’s coffers swelling through sponsorship and media rights, it’s time they hike the pension of cricketers. Also, to keep up with the times, the people who run cricket in the country ought to think about revising the R5 lakh limit for hospitalisation of former players and umpires.
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