Batting legend Chris Gayle wants cricket to expand and develop into more territories rather than being stuck to just India and feels that BCCI limiting its players to their own franchise tournament is unfair.
The Indian cricketers who have a contract with BCCI aren’t permitted to take part in T20 leagues other than IPL and must take retirement from all forms of cricket is they wish to pursue any such ambition. However, this isn’t the case with other cricket boards as their players regularly participate in multiple T20 tournaments.
“The Indian cricketers don’t have to play in other franchise cricket around the world,” Gayle told Dafa News. “They [the BCCI] stay within their own zone and build their own territory and own cricket and own players. I’d love to see it expand more, instead of being stuck in one place which is India. I think it’s truly unfair”.
Gayle says that a few top countries including India and England are earning top dollars but the lower-ranked teams aren’t earning anything near as they don’t get to play as many games as the top-ranked teams.
“Looking at the bigger picture and the bigger market, give the players what they should get,” Gayle said. “Step it up. International cricket-wise, the lower-ranked teams aren’t getting the kind of money that India and England are getting. It’s only fair that those lower-ranked teams get played more as well, since they’re playing the same international cricket but just less games. From the ICC’s point of view, maybe they’re not bring a lot of revenue or marketing product, but you still have to pay them. They have families to feed as well. Whether the higher-ranked team beats the lower ones doesn’t matter; you have to step up the gear, money wise, and look after the players.”
Gayle sympathises with players for choosing franchise over country since the former offers them financial security.
“It’s business. It’s all about the paper [money]. There’s no loyalty in the game anymore. You can’t stop a player from choosing a franchise over his country and you cannot fault a player for that. At the end of the day, it’s their livelihood and their job. We will always hold out country to our heart, for sure, but in cricket anything can happen. You can have a short career. So those lower-ranked teams need to be paid more,” he said.
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