Franchises should be allowed to deduct amount from fee: Gavaskar

ECB has set a deadline of 22nd May

England are set to take on Pakistan

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has set a deadline of 22nd May for players from England to return to the country. Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar opined on this issue as it is a recurrent theme in each edition of the IPL. “I am all for players choosing country before anything else but having assured various franchises about their availability for the full season, if they pull out now, it will be letting down the franchises which probably pay them more money in one IPL season which they don’t earn in a few seasons with their country. The franchises should not only be allowed to deduct a substantial amount from the fee that the player was bought for, but also not give the Board, to which the player belongs, the stated 10 per cent commission of the fee that each player gets,” he said in a blog for Mid Day. 

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England are set to take on Pakistan ahead of the T20 World Cup which will commence in June. This shift would affect the balance of certain squads. Gavaskar also held the Board liable for the availability of players. “If the Board has gone back on its assurance they need to be penalised too. By the way, this 10 per cent commission to the Boards happens only in the IPL and nowhere else. Not in the Australian Big Bash nor in the ECB’s The Hundred, nor in the Caribbean Premier League, nor any other T20 league anywhere else in the world. Does the BCCI get any thanks for its generosity? No way,” Gavaskar added.