Indian board to review players' contract

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formed a three-member committee to review the effectiveness of last season's players' contract, and submit a report to the board for the 2005-06 season. The previous season's contract has expired and the new international season kicks off with the home series against Sri Lanka on October 25.

The committee comprising of Jyoti Bajpai, the board's treasurer, Gautam Dasgupta, the joint secretary and Ratnakar Shetty, executive secretary-in-charge, would submit a report to SK Nair, the board secretary. The Kolkata-based daily The Statesman quoted BCCI sources as saying, "No time frame has been fixed for the matter. The committee has to compile a report on how the contracts have worked and whether there was any need to change any existing clauses and send it to the board secretary. If there's a camp before the Sri Lanka series it would help the committee members to have a discussion with the senior players before preparing the report".

The paper reported that the committee's findings would be discussed by another committee convened by SK Nair that would comprise Ranbir Singh Mahendra, BCCI president, Greg Chappell, the Indian coach and Kiran More, chairman of the selection committee. Last season, 17 players were given contracts by the BCCI after dividing the players into three groups, with the annual retainership per player pegged at Rs 50 lakh, Rs 35 lakh and Rs 20 lakh respectively.