Cricket

ICL players’ dues yet to be paid by BCCI

Banned by the BCCI for having signed up with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2007, 64 Indian cricketers are still waiting to be paid dues worth millions of rupees they claim the Indian board owes them for matches played on the official domestic circuit before they joined the unauthorized venture.

The ICL says it will take up the players’ case. Records maintained by ICL showed the dues in the form of match fees and prize money in 2006-07 and from 2005-07 in some cases amount to to over Rs 1.27 crore.

“As far as the board is concerned, all dues for players who have played in BCCI-organised tournaments must be paid,” Niranjan Shah said. “But it’s up to the state associations to pay the money because they are the ones who claim money from the board to be paid to their players. The associations or the players don’t seem to have understood the situation properly (in this case).”

Looks like the BCCI and the ICL are heading for another face-off.

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