Living up to its promise of giving highest priority to Test cricket, the BCCI has decided to give an incentive of ₹45 lakh per game to all those who would play 75% or more of the scheduled red-ball games in a particular season, Board secretary Jay Shah said on March 9.
A Test player, who appears in a possible 10 Tests in a season will be richer by a whopping ₹4.50 crore as incentive apart from a possible ₹1.5 crore (₹15 lakh per game) in usual match fee.
The top cricketers also get an assured retainer fee from their annual central contracts.