Owners to cover injury costs

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Indian cricketers who sustain injuries during the Indian T20 League will now have to depend on their respective franchise to bear the costs of their rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). This decision was taken at the NCA Committee meeting in Chennai on Monday in which members expressed the opinion that austerity measures needed to be taken in a bid to put an end to the ever-spiraling costs. "It has been decided that from now on, the respective franchise or the player himself will have to bear the cost of his rehabilitation program at the NCA in case the player sustains injury during the Indian T20 League," a BCCI official preferring anonymity told PTI. It has been learnt that the BCCI was shelling out a whopping amount in the tune of Rs. 5.50 crore in order to pay the salaries of their coaching and administrative staff. From a 12-member support staff that was employed till date, the list has been pruned to six. According to sources, the three coaches who will remain in the BCCI pay rolls are bowling coach Bharath Arun, batting coach Dinesh Nanavati and coaches' instructor Kinjal Suratwala. The three other members of the support staff will be two physios Ashish Kaushik and Nitin Patel along with trainer Sudarshan. Asked about the six other members of the support staff, the source said, "From now on, they will only be summoned if there is a camp or a tournament. It will be more of a freelance employment which will be assignment-based." The BCCI's NCA committee also trimmed the proposed budget of up to Rs. 85 lakh for a National U-16 camp. Also the proposal to hire five foreign coaches has been shot down, while former players will be invited from now on to conduct short clinics. There has also been a proposal to rollback the salaries of the NCA administrative staff.

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Motu ko khilaate raho bas.

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In a surprising move, the Indian Cricket Board is preparing to close down operations of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore by May-end. The BCCI's general manager for cricket development, Ratnakar Shetty, mooted the proposal at a meeting of the NCA committee in Chennai on April 12. BCCI sources told HT that Shetty had made a one-hour presentation before the committee, which also included the board's top honchos, president N Srinivasan and secretary Sanjay Jagdale. In his proposal, Shetty has suggested that the NCA coaching and administrative staff be relieved of its duties, the physios and trainers be retained, and the academy be converted into rehabilitation-cum-training centre. Cost cutting The reason behind the proposed plan is to cut down on the expenses, with NCA's total budget putting a R16 crore burden on the BCCI every year. If the plan is accepted by the BCCI and the NCA committee at a meeting in Chennai on April 22, the cost of running the academy will come down to R1.5-2 crore per annum. When the plan was first revealed last week, the NCA committee could not reach a consensus. It was then that Srinivasan suggested that the members go through the proposal in detail with NCA chairman, Ranjib Biswal. A final decision will be take on April 22 and, it is learnt, the proposal has the blessings of Srinivasan. “The meeting should be a formality. The NCA expenses have been growing each year and the BCCI wants to cut down on the expenditure,†said a source. Another reason behind the move is that the NCA is fully operational for only four months, while it tends to the injured contracted players for the rest of the year.

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