Indian Premier League: behind the scenes
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Salaries of administrators
2017: mentors, coaches
Indranil Basu, `Icon' Sachin makes more than `coach' Dravid, May 20, 2017: The Times of India
Salary Of IPL Coaches Has Seen Handsome Growth Over 10 Years
Ten seasons of the IPL have ensured that chief mentors or coaches of various teams are laughing all the way to the bank.When the IPL started in 2008, the average salary of a coach was around Rs 40 lakh, which has seen exponential growth in 10 years.
Former Indian captain and mentor of the Delhi Daredevils team Rahul Dravid has probably the highest-paid coaching job in the IPL, making, as per estimates, Rs 4.5 crore per year.
Sources said that former Mumbai Indians coach and ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting too got roughly the same amount two years ago when he was Mumbai coach. Sources added that Daniel Vettori (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders) are making somewhere around Rs 3.5 crore per year. Virender Sehwag (Kings XI Punjab), Mahela Jayawardene (Mumbai Indians), Tom Moody (Sunrisers Hyderabad) and Stephen Fleming (Pune Rising Supergiant) are said to be in the Rs 2.3 to Rs 3-crore category .
“Fleming is paid around Rs 2.5 crore while Mahela and Moody too fall in the same bracket. Viru could be paid a little more because he was paid around Rs 3 crore during his playing days,“ a source said while adding that former stalwart Sachin Tendulkar, who is the `icon' for Mumbai Indians, gets a hefty paycheque, which could be higher than Dravid's salary , for donning the role.
However, Tendulkar is only present with the Mumbai team when they are playing at home and doesn't travel with the team.
It was learnt that Gujarat Lions' coach Brad Hodge was the lowest-paid coach in IPL-10, making around Rs 70 lakh. “No coach in IPL has broken the milliondollar barrier, but it could just be a matter of time,“ a source explained. Even the assistant coaches in the IPL teams are paid handsomely -up to Rs 1.4 crore a year.
Source said India national coach Anil Kumble could become one of the highest-paid coaches in the world if BCCI agrees to his demand for a wage increase. “If Kumble gets his wish, his salary would reach the Rs 8-crore bracket,“ another source said.
Coaches at the domestic level aren't paid so handsomely . A Ranji Trophy coach generally gets an annual contract of between Rs 20 to Rs 30 lakh. At the National Cricket Academy, a coach -if he is a former India player -gets Rs 8,000 per day while others make Rs 4,500 per day when they attend camps in Bengaluru.
Statistics, year-wise
2020
BCCI told to pay DC Rs 4,800cr
K ShriniwasRao, BCCI told to pay DC Rs 4,800cr, July 18, 2020: The Times of India
Almost eight years after the BCCI entered an arbitration with Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) to settle the dispute over the termination of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Deccan Chargers, an award has been passed on the matter.
Bombay High Court-appointed sole arbitrator CK Thakkar held the termination illegal on Friday and asked the BCCI to pay DCHL Rs 4800 crore by September end.
BCCI had terminated Deccan Chargers’ contract on September 15, 2012 and a week later, both parties had agreed to go for arbitration. Top sources in BCCI told TOI that they’ve not seen the order yet so can’t comment right now. However, BCCI can be expected to challenge the award, say those tracking developments.
Major drama had ensued in the run-up to this court battle back in 2012, when BCCI threatened action against the Chargers over “non-payment of dues to the cricketers representing the franchise and for mortgaging the franchise to a consortium of lenders without keeping BCCI informed”, say those representing BCCI’s view on this matter. The consortium of eight lenders comprising ICICI Bank Ltd, Yes Bank Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd, IDBI Bank Ltd, Ratnakar Bank, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd and Religare Finvest Ltd, had filed an affidavit in the court agreeing to fund the debtladen franchise. DCHL had bought Deccan Chargers for US$107m (@Rs 40 per dollar back then) through an auction conducted by BCCI in 2008.
Those familiar with developments say BCCI had first offered to “help” DCHL sell the franchise by bringing a new owner on board and in line with it floated an advertisement, calling for potential buyers. It was then that Hyderabadbased PVP Ventures had bid Rs 900 crore for the team. “That bid was rejected because DCHL held the terms of payment unacceptable,” say those in the know.
Following the failed bid, BCCI terminated the franchise and floated a fresh tender and the Hyderabad franchise was resold to Sun TV Network.
