Skipper demand for rise in salary in meeting with the board.
Skipper demand for rise in salary in meeting with the board.
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While Team India and skipper Virat Kohli after his magnificent innings and now having managed to make their side nearly unbeatable at home which is good sign, be it any format of the game, their battle with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a significant hike in salaries has not yet been won and the next exchange is scheduled for later this week, when Virat Kohli leads a possible in another round of talks with the cricket board about the subject. He is likely to be accompanied in the venture by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Ravi Shastri.

Kohli has demanded a greater share of India's growing cricket wealth for players ahead of contract talks this week, officials said. Top players saw their annual basic deals doubled to USD 300,000 this year.

But the Indian squad, who are due to hold talks with BCCI in New Delhi on Friday, want more after the governing body struck a huge new television deal in September. The BCCI will get 2.5 billion dollars from Rupert Murdoch's Star India channel to show the Indian Premier League from 2018 to 2022. Player contracts expired on September 30 and salaries are one of the key negotiating points.

 

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