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In the five -Test series between India and England, Kuldeep Yadav and Abhimanyu Ishwaran did not play a single match, yet they earned in crores, the BCCI gives 15 lakh matches to the selected players in the Test team and …Read more
Both Kuldeep Yadav and Abhimanyu Ishwar have been traveling with the Test team for many years, but they are not getting a chance to play in the playing Eleven, but a good thing is that both of them are getting rough in the bank balance after every test. That is, millions of rupees are reaching the bank account of both the rupees without playing matches. The Indian cricket team usually plays more than 10 Test matches a year. Talking about last year, Team India had played a total of 15 Test matches, while in the year 2025, India has played 6 Test matches so far.
In every season, the players playing in the playing 11 of 50-75 percent Test matches for India are given Rs 30 lakh per match with 15 lakh match fees separately. At the same time, the player who is part of the squad in the same percentage matches, but if he does not get a chance in the playing XI, then he gets a separate Rs 15 lakh for each match. That is, Kuldeep and Ishwaran got about 1 crore rupees without playing on England tour. In the year 2024, BCCI launched the ‘Test Cricket Inscent Scheme’, through which an attempt was made to promote Test cricket in India. Under this scheme, players playing Test cricket can earn a hefty amount in a year. Indian players get a match fee of Rs 15 lakh to play a Test match, but under the ‘Test Cricket Inscent Scheme’, they can earn more money besides match fees.
Be it the captain of Team India or the regular players in the team, all of them can fly their senses when they check their banks after this England tour. Under the ‘Test Cricket Inscent Scheme’ implemented by the BCCI in the year 2024, the players who play in the playing XI of 75 percent or more matches played in a season, are given 45 lakh rupees per match in addition to match fees. At the same time, in 75 percent of the matches, the player, who is not selected in the playing XI in the squad, is given Rs 22.5 lakh per match from the match fee. That is, players like Shubman, KL Rahul Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja can see crores of rupees growing in their bank after every five Test series, one of them is going to visit England.
