The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a cash prize of INR 58 Crore for the Rohit Sharma-led team & support staff for winning the Champions Trophy 2025 event. According to BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, assistant coaches and support staff will be entitled to get INR 50 lakh each, while the BCCI officials will get INR 25 lakh each. Cricketer-turned-expert Sunil Gavaskar questioned whether head coach Gautam Gambhir will follow his predecessor Rahul Dravid in rejecting to take more amount than the support staff after winning the T20 World Cup 2024.
In a heartwarming gesture, the former team India coach Dravid opted to take an equal share of cash reward from BCCI as the same as his support staff. So far, Gambhir has not publicly made a statement about taking an equal share as his support staff.
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"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.
Sunil Gavaskar lavishes huge praise on BCCI for rewarding players for Champions Trophy victory
While Gavaskar pointed fingers on Gambhir, the legendary batter lavished huge praise on BCCI for rewarding Rohit Sharma & Co for their terrific campaign in Champions Trophy. India remained unbeaten throughout the global event, and showed their class in all the games.
"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 wrote.
"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 added.
