On Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the introduction of prize money for the Player Of the Match and Player Of the Tournament award winners at the domestic level in all women’s and junior cricket competitions.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced the decision on his social media post on X (Formerly known as Twitter). “We are introducing prize money for the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament in all Women’s and Junior Cricket tournaments under our Domestic Cricket Programme,” he wrote.
Last year, the BCCI had increased the prize money for the domestic tournaments with the Ranji Trophy winners receiving a whopping cash reward of Rs 5 crore.
The cash prize for Irani Cup too had been doubled with the winners getting Rs 50 lakh instead of Rs 25 lakh, and the team finishing runners-up got Rs 25 lakh.
In Duleep Trophy, the champions now get Rs 1 crore and runners-up team receive Rs 50 lakh, while winners of Vijay Hazare Trophy get a cheque of Rs 1 crore and the team finishing second best Rs 50 lakh.
“Additionally, prize money will be awarded for the Player of the Match in the Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali tournaments for Senior Men. This initiative aims to recognize and reward outstanding performances in the domestic circuit,” the tweet from Jay Shah on Monday further added.
Test cricket incentive
Earlier BCCI has also introduced Test cricket incentive scheme. players who have featured in the playing XI of more than 50 percent of Tests in a season since 2022-23 will receive a financial incentive of Rs 30 lakh per game with the BCCI announcing a total Rs 40 crore corpus for the scheme.
The payout will increase to Rs 45 lakh per game for every player who features in at least 75 percent of matches in a season. This incentive from BCCI will be in addition to the Rs 15 lakh paid per Test match.
(With inputs from agencies)
