BCCI slam reports of women cricketers not being paid for 8 months of employment

A report has come in The Telegraph (UK) that the four cricketers who failed to make the cut in the latest contracts ‘will not be paid for almost eight months of employment’. The BCCI is not too pleased with the ‘assumptions’ made while reporting on the fate of the four players who failed to get contracts in the new list for the 2020-2021 season.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued the list of centrally contracted women cricketers for the 2020-2021 season on May 19. While the likes of Richa Ghosh (new entrant) and Shafali Verma (promoted from Grade C to B) were rewarded for good performances, Veda Krishnamurthy, Ekta Bisht, Anuja Patil and D. Hemlatha missed out. A report has come in The Telegraph (UK) that the four cricketers who failed to make the cut in the latest contracts ‘will not be paid for almost eight months of employment’. The BCCI is not too pleased with the ‘assumptions’ made while reporting on the fate of the four players who failed to get contracts in the new list for the 2020-2021 season. Speaking to news agency ANI, a senior BCCI official said the claim that four women players who lost their central contract would not be paid for almost eight months of employment was absolutely false. “This is absolutely false. Every player is paid in accordance with the terms of the contract with the BCCI. The payments have been made for the contracted period. The claim made in the story essentially assumes that a contract existed for almost eight months for which they would not be paid. This is incorrect, and I can only conclude that this is on the back of incorrect advice.