Incidentally, this amount was more than the amount received by former Indian coach Anil Kumble. While Kumble’s salary was Rs 6.5 crore, Shastri’s will touch the 8 crore mark.
As per latest reports in the media, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to pay newly appointed coach Ravi Shastri an astounding salary of Rs 8 crore per annum. As per reliable sources, apparently, the top brass of BCCI had agreed on the decision.
Meanwhile, as far as the three other coaches in the support are concerned, the trio of Bharat Arun, R Sridhar and Sanjay Bangar are expected to earn between a sum of Rs 2,3 crore. This was after, foregoing their IPL contracts was also considered. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/884828837749563392 It may be recalled here that earlier in the day Ravi Shastri announced his “core coaching team” and stated that Sanjay Bangar, former batting coach, appointed assistant coach, Bharat Arun to b a bowling coach and R Sridhar to be fielding coach. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/887599162098724865 Commenting on the roles of Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan, Shastri said, “I have spoken to both Zaheer and Dravid, and they are two fantastic cricketers of India and their inputs will be invaluable.” The two former cricketers are not on board yet and there remains no clarity about their future roles with the Indian cricket team. “They will be on board, once they have spoken to the authorities concerned.It depends on how many days they would be willing to give, but their inputs will be invaluable,” said Shastri.
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