Former Indian cricketer and current Indian Cricket Team head coach Ravi Shastri will be earning a whopping salary of ₹10 crore per annum, as per a report by Mumbai Mirror. If reports are believed to be true, the former cricketer, who was recently retained in his position till the T20 World Cup in 2021, has received a 20 per cent increase in remuneration.
However, not only Shastri but the rest of the Indian Senior Men's Cricket Team coaching staff will be awarded a significant raise in their salaries.
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The report further states that bowling coach Bharat Arun along with fielding coach R Sridhar will be earning ₹3.5 crore a year. On the other hand, Vikram Rathour, who recently replaced Sanjay Bangar as batting coach, is likely to take home anything between ₹2.5 to 3 crore per annum.
All these contracts will come into effect from September 1, 2019.
Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had retained Shastri after the Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) had extended his tenure as the coach of the Indian team till the T20 World Cup 2021.