BCCI rejects Manohar’s offer of additional $100 million
NEW DELHI: The revenue model feud between the ICC and the BCCI continued on Tuesday with the Indian cricket body outrightly rejecting the world body’s offer of an additional USD 100 million in the proposed format.
“Yes, ICC chairman Shashank Manohar gave us an offer of an additional USD 100 million in the new financial model. In fact, he gave us a deadline to get back to him. From our end, we won’t get back to him as we don’t even consider it an offer,” a senior BCCI source present in Dubai, said on Tuesday.
Asked why the offer is not even being considered, the official blamed it on the trust deficit between Manohar and the BCCI.
“The offer came from Manohar. He is the chairman but ICC is a members’ body and the chairman doesn’t decide who gets what share of the pie. It’s the members who decide. We are still working on the formula with all nations. They are receptive. Mr Manohar doesn’t decide what should be BCCI’S share,” the official added.
The BCCI has been at loggerheads with the ICC on the proposed revenue model which considerably cuts down India’s share.
In the existing revenue distribution model, BCCI gets USD 579 million from the ICC.
If Manohar’s proposal is passed by the ICC, then BCCI’S share comes down drastically to USD 290 million which even the Committee of Administrators (COA) had found unacceptable.
In fact, Vikram Limaye, after attending the last ICC Board Meeting, had objected to the model terming it as something based on good faith and equity.
When asked what will be the BCCI’S stand on the issue, the official explained how they plan to work it out.
“Let us take the example that BCCI were being paid Rs 500 and others are being paid Rs 100. Now these member nations have been promised Rs 175 Or let’s say Rs 200. What Mr Manohar is trying do is to reduce BCCI’S share to Rs 300 in order to increase their share,” he said.
Asked what’s the solution, he said, “We are assuring the member nations that even if our share remains Rs 500, we promise to create a model to increase their share to Rs 200.
But please have faith that we can propose a revenue generation model.”
The BCCI is also not announcing the squad for Champions Trophy on Tuesday, which is the ICC deadline. However, the ICC constitution allows countries to name their squads post the deadline under certain circumstances. With at least 14 of the 15 members of the Indian team more or less known, the Indian officials are in no tearing hurry. BENGALURU: Incessant rain played spoilsport, delaying the toss in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium here on Tuesday. After a devastating outing in Kolkata on Sunday night against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Bangalore will look to dust themselves up while Sunrisers Hyderabad will aim for their first away win in the league.
Sunrisers’ Bhuvaneshwar Kumar said: “So far we haven’t played our best cricket. We bowled well, but we have been outdone by the MS magic in our previous game. Doesn’t matter which format, I always try to do the basics. I have been trying to execute more yorkers and slower balls. IPL is not an easy format, we barely get any time to practice.
“But whenever I get time, I make sure that I work on my variations. Winning IPL title here was a memorable one. Hoping for a full game.
“We don’t want to play a rain-curtailed game against these guys. We really don’t know what the good length on this wicket is.
“We will assess the conditions and decide what’s best for us.”
RCB’S Sreenath Aravind said:“we are a little bit upset with the KKR loss. But we got to remain positive and we are going to come back strong this game. We bowled well, but didn’t bat well in that game (against KKR). Just a three quarter length would be ideal here. Change of pace is crucial on this wicket. Hitting the good length area would be key. They (Warner and Henriques ) are good hitters, but we need to back our strengths and bowl well.”