BCCI begins clearing dues of affected players after COVID-curtailed domestic season
The HinduThe Board of Control for Cricket in India has started clearing the long-standing dues of the domestic cricketers who suffered financially after the 2020-21 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "BCCI has started clearing the compensation amount due for not having the red ball tournament last season," a senior BCCI official told PTI. READ : MCA postpones local tournaments due to rising COVID-19 cases In September last, the BCCI had said that the cricketers who participated in the 2019-20 season will be getting 50 per cent match fees as compensation for the 2020-21 season. READ : BCCI postpones Vijay Merchant Trophy due to COVID-19 for second successive year The BCCI had earlier decided to increase the match fee of the players during its Apex Council meeting in September following the recommendations made by the working committee comprising former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin, Yudhvir Singh, Santosh Menon, Jaydev Shah, Avishek Dalmiya, Rohan Jaitley and Devajit Saikia.