Bangalore, Sept 01: In a step towards introducing graded payment system, the cricket board today discussed the contract issue with four senior players, including captain Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. "We discussed the contract issue. The (discussion) process has just started and it will continue. No decision has been taken so far," BCCI secretary S K Nair told here.
Besides Ganguly and Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid were the other two players who were part of the discussions with the three-member committee comprising Nair and BCCI officials Ratnakar Shetty and Amrit Mathur.
The committee has reportedly proposed an annual retainership fee of Rs 60 lakh to grade "A" players, Rs 30 lakh to grade "B" players and Rs 15 lakh to grade "C" players.
The proposal would mean that national players would not have the same annual earnings as their international counterparts.
But the committee has reportedly made a recommendation to have parity in match fees for Test matches and one-day internationals. Bureau Report