Let us tell you that BCCI gives pensions to retired cricketers every month so that cricketers can earn their living after retirement. The BCCI has given a one-time pension of Rs 1.5 crore to all retired Test cricketers who have played more than 100 Test matches at the end of 2003-04, while players who have played 75 to 99 Test matches will be paid Rs 1 crore. And players playing 50 to 74 Test matches will get 75 lakh rupees as pension only once.
Indian Test cricketers who took retirement before 2003-04, those who played between 25 to 49 test matches, Rs 60 lakhs, those who played 10 to 24 test matches Rs 50 lakhs, and those who played 1 to 9 test matches. The player will get Rs 35 lakh once under the One Time Pension Scheme. Players playing first-class matches under the One Time Scheme will also get the benefit.
Players of One Time Pension Scheme get this amount
1 Sunil Gavaskar 15,000,000.00
2 Ravi Shastra 15,000,000.00
3 s. Venkataraman 15,000,000.00
4 Javagal Srinath 15,000,000.00
5 Kapil Dev 15,000,000.00
6 Anil Kumble 15,000,000.00
7 Dilip Vengsarkar 15,000,000.00
8 Syed Kirmani 15,000,000.00
9 Sachin Tendulkar 15,000,000.00
10 Sourav Ganguly 15,000,000.00
11 Rahul Dravid 15,000,000.00
12 Navjot Singh Sidhu 10,000,000.00
13 K. Srikanth 10,000,000.00
14 BK Venkatesh Prasad 10,000,000.00
15 Kiran More 10,000,000.00
16 Nayan Mongia 10,000,000.00
17 Gundappa Vishwanath 10,000,000.00
18 Mohinder Amarnath 10,000,000.00
