Sunil Gavaskar questions Gautam Gambhir over BCCI’s 58 Crore reward for Champions Trophy win

While the BCCI announced a whopping cash prize of INR 58 Crore for the Indian team on winning the ICC Champions Trophy, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the head coach, Gautam Gambhir.

Notably, all the Indian players part of the showpiece event alongside Gautam Gambhir are expected to get INR 3 Crore each, while assistant coaches and support staff will receive INR 50 Lakhs, while BCCI officials will get INR 25 Lakhs each.

Surprisingly, Rahul Dravid took an equal share as a head coach as the rest of his support staff after the BCCI’s cash reward for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 victory. However, Gautam Gambhir hasn’t made any such statement as of now. 

"After the ICC T20 World Cup win and the Board announcement of prize money, the then-coach Rahul Dravid, ever the team man, refused to accept more than his fellow members of the coaching staff and, in fact, shared it equally with his colleagues," Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.

"It's been a fortnight since the BCCI announced the Champions Trophy rewards, but we haven't heard anything from the current coach on whether he will also do a Dravid. Or is it that Dravid, in this instance, is not a good role model?" he added.

Furthermore, Sunil Gavaskar came out heaping all praises for the BCCI for rewarding the players and support staff perfectly well. 

"Now, after our boys won the Champions Trophy, the BCCI announced a whopping ₹58 crore for the squad and the support staff and selection committee. In July last year, after the stirring victory in the ICC T20 World Cup, the BCCI announced ₹125 crore for the squad, support staff, and selectors," he stated.

"This is truly fantastic, as the Board, which is now awash with funds, is showing its appreciation for the efforts put in by everybody and rewarding them generously. The BCCI is also letting the players keep the prize money that the ICC announced for the winners, which is also a good amount each," he concluded in his column.

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