The earnings of the players of Team India are in crores in today's days, although this change came only after India won the World Cup in 1983. India won its first World Cup in 1983, and Indian cricket changed after this title win. Even though the Board of Control for Cricket in India is the richest in the world today, the situation was different in 1983.

Under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, the World Cup-winning team used to get only Rs 1500 as a match fee and Rs 200 per day as a daily allowance. Everyone including the captain, vice-captain, and even the team manager got the same amount. When the first ICC trophy was won, then Team India got about 66,200 pounds (about 9 lacks 93 thousand rupees) in the prize round. You will not believe knowing that when the players came back after winning the title, the BCCI did not have the money to give them as a reward.

In such a situation, the great singer Lata Mangeshkar raised 20 lakh rupees through the concert. Then the members of Team India got one lakh rupees as a reward.

After 1983, India won the second ODI World Cup in 2011. The total prize money in this World Cup was 75.95 crores. Out of this, 22.78 crore was given to the winning team, while 11.39 crore was given to the runner-up team. After this, the BCCI also spent a lot of money on the players and had earlier announced to give one crore rupees each. When the players were not happy, Rs 2 crore was raised. Whereas the support staff was given Rs 50-50 lakh.

In today's time, the total salary of players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is seven crores. These players get a match fee of Rs 15 lakh for playing a Test, Rs 6 lakh in ODI and Rs 3 lakh in T20.

(pc amarujala)