BCCI budget: Board expects to retain net surplus of 6700 crore

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team whitethorn not person received the trophy for winning the Asia Cup past month, but hosting the tourney volition adhd nett surplus gross of implicit Rs 100 crore to the Indian cricket board’s (BCCI) coffers. According to BCCI’s yearly fund for 2025-26, a transcript of which is successful possession of TOI, the committee expects to clasp a nett surplus of astir Rs 6700 crore for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-2026 adjacent arsenic it stares astatine a rocky aboriginal with the

IPL

valuation seeing a slump for the 2nd twelvemonth successful succession. “(There is an expected) summation successful surplus from planetary tours by Rs.109.04 crore owed to Asia Cup hosting fees, rights fees income and ICC T20 World Cup information fees. (There is expected) summation successful surplus of media rights by Rs.138.64 crore owed to higher fig of planetary location matches, summation successful per lucifer media rights fees & Asia Cup hosting income,” the papers says. The Asia Cup was embroiled successful contention owed to the panic onslaught successful Pahalgam successful April this year.

The tourney was moved to the UAE aft the authorities declared its argumentation to play Pakistan successful multi-nation sporting events only. The tourney yet ended with Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi — who is besides the main of the Pakistan Cricket Board and Pakistan’s interior curate — refusing to manus implicit the trophy to winners India aft the Indian squad declined to person it from him.Surplus grows 10 times successful 8 yrs, but situation awaits with dropping IPL valuation BCCI’s expected surplus for this fiscal twelvemonth volition beryllium 10 times much than the existent surplus successful 2017-18 earlier the mega IPL media rights woody successful 2018 wherever the board’s surplus grew by 222 percent.

BCCI is expected to nett a surplus of astir Rs 6700 crore compared to Rs 666 crore it netted successful 2017-18. However, the committee could good beryllium looking astatine an unstable aboriginal with the valuation of the IPL dropping importantly since the merger of media rivals Jio and Star past year. According to a D&P Advisory report, IPL’s valuation has declined by Rs 16000 crore successful the past 2 years. The prohibition connected existent wealth online gaming apps, which utilized to bring a important bulk of sponsorship money, has besides played a role.

The board’s maturation could spot a slowdown successful the adjacent rhythm of media rights, which volition beryllium up successful 2028. It indispensable beryllium noted that the committee has managed to trim its dependency connected the IPL since 2018-19 done amended media rights deals and gross stock from the ICC. In 2018-19, BCCI generated lone 5 percent of its surplus portion the IPL contributed 95 percent to its surplus adjacent to Rs 2100 crore. The IPL is consistently netting a surplus, this clip astir Rs 5000 crore retired of BCCI’s surplus of Rs 6700 crore. The papers takes into relationship ‘media rights fees per lucifer going up by approx 27% arsenic compared to the erstwhile year’. The papers states: “For 2025-26, the allocation ratio is 20% to BCCI, 76% to IPL and 4% to WPL, whereas successful the fund for 2024-25, this ratio was 24% to BCCI, 72% to IPL and 4% to WPL based connected budgets.”Spending connected women’s home cricket 3.5x little than men’s In its expenses, the BCCI cleared a fund of Rs 96 crore for women’s home tournaments, which is conscionable 26 percent of the surplus generated done the Women’s Premier League alone.

This is not taking the media rights fees from planetary matches into account. Compared to women’s cricket, the BCCI intends to walk Rs 344 crore connected men’s home cricket crossed property groups. The expenditure connected the

Ranji Trophy

unsocial is Rs 111 crore. Women’s cricket doesn’t person a structured inter-state First-Class tourney similar the Ranji Trophy. The BCCI has scheduled an inter-zonal multi-day format tournament. The remainder of each women’s tournaments crossed property groups are played successful one-day and T20 formats. Notably, the WPL has been generating a surplus of implicit Rs 350 crore. Last year, the WPL netted a surplus of Rs 390 crore portion the committee projected a surplus of Rs 358 crore for 2025-26.3.5x summation successful India A, inferior programmes BCCI has accrued the expenditure connected developmental programmes similar India A and inferior cricket by astir 3 and a fractional times. According to the budget, the committee plans to walk Rs 42 crore this fiscal twelvemonth arsenic compared to Rs 12.9 crore past year.

BCCI has recognised that determination has been a crisp diminution successful these developmental programmes aft Rahul Dravid was elevated to go India’s caput manager successful 2021 from being successful complaint of the National Cricket Academy and developmental sides.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic successful 2020, BCCI organised predominant A and younker tours which helped physique a coagulated assets pool. TOI understands that the existent caput of the NCA, VVS Laxman, and main selector

Ajit Agarkar

person focused connected this facet and revived the A tours this year.GRS slashed by Rs 231 crore, Test cricket inducement added The committee has reduced the gross gross stock (GRS) to Rs 171 crore from past year’s Rs 412 crore. A sum of Rs 48 crore was disbursed successful the past fiscal twelvemonth arsenic a Test lucifer inducement for players who play each the Test matches scheduled successful a year. Rs 45 crore has been marked for 2025-26. Interestingly, BCCI’s argumentation was to springiness 26 percent of GRS to cricketers. Thirteen percent of it went to planetary cricketers, portion the remaining 13 percent was shared with home cricketers.

It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the committee has changed its GRS policy.