Cricket - India v Australia - Second Test cricket match - M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India - 06/03/17. India's captain Virat Kohli (R) celebrates the wicket of Australia's Mitchell Starc with team mates. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's cricket team have been given a significant pay rise, with the world's richest cricket board (BCCI) announcing on Wednesday that it had doubled salaries for the 2016-17 season and hiked match fees across all three of the game's formats.
Players in the uppermost 'A' category have been put on a retainer of 20 million Indian rupees (245,167.50 pounds) for the period ending Sept. 20, 2017, up from 10 million rupees last season.
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