Kumar set to get an extension, says Rai

MUMBAI: BCCI’S Anti-corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) chief Neeraj Kumar will be given an extension, the Committee of Administrators ( COA) head Vinod Rai said on Wednesday. “It will happen, an order will be issued in due course,” Rai said when asked if Kumar would be given an extension.

On December 23, the BCCI had extended the services of noted cricket administrator Ratnakar Shetty, the Board’s general manager (Game Development), till March 31.

Asked whether Kumar’s extension will be on the lines of that of Shetty, Rai noted, “It (the extension) will come, we have to discuss and finalise”.

Rai was speaking to reporters after a COA meeting which was held here.

Meanwhile, he said no major decisions were taken by the COA. Rai also said that “work was in progress” with regard to remuneration of the players, but did not share any details.

It was learnt that only the players who played all the three formats would make the top of the four-graded contract. There would also be a provision to reward Test specialists.

This would mean that MS Dhoni may not make Grade A of the players’ contracts, while Tests specialists like Cheteshwar Pujara and maybe R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who have now become Test specialists by default, could get compensated in some way.

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