What is the salary of Indian umpires?Image Credit source: PTI
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has increased the salaries of cricketers significantly in the last few years. Be it international teams or domestic cricketers, men or women, the Indian Board has significantly increased the earnings of players in recent years, which is highly appreciated. But there has been no increase in the salaries of all the umpires under BCCI for the last 7 years. This has been revealed in a report, in which it has been told that currently there are 186 umpires under the ambit of BCCI, who have been divided into 4 different categories.
These days the domestic cricket season is in full swing in India. Just a few days ago, Ranji Trophy and then Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches were played. Now Vijay Hazare Trophy The season has started. After this the second part of Ranji Trophy will start again. Apart from these, there are also senior women’s ODI and T20 tournaments, while many matches at the junior level are also held. In all these, the responsibility of umpiring is handled by the current 186 umpires of BCCI.
How many umpires and how much income?
But while the salaries of players have increased at all these levels, the earnings of umpires have remained the same. Cricbuzz report states that BCCI has divided umpires into 4 different categories. According to this, BCCI has divided umpires into A+, A, B and C categories. This is exactly the same as the senior men’s team’s annual contract grades. The number of umpires in these categories is also different.
According to the report, there are currently 9 umpires in A+, 20 in A, 58 in B and 99 in C. As far as salary is concerned, A+ and A grade umpires get the same amount of Rs 40,000 per day. Whereas B and C category umpires get Rs 30,000 per day. But this salary has not changed for the last 7 years.
Umpires committee recommended
This report mentions the recommendations of the BCCI Umpires Committee, which were presented in the BCCI Apex Council meeting. It was recommended that instead of 4 different categories, only 2 categories should be kept and everyone’s salary should be the same i.e. Rs 40,000 per day. However, for now the board has postponed it and has talked about forming a separate committee, which will present its report in the next Apex Council meeting.