How much pension does a cricketer get after retirement? Does the money increase year after year?

Cricketers' Pension: BCCI gives pension to its retired players. Let's know who gets a pension. Senior players get a good salary.

Recently, many Indian cricketers have retired. Now Cheteshwar Pujara's name has also been added to this list. BCCI gives a pension to players after retirement. But how much is this pension, and how much does it increase year after year, or does it increase in some other way, let's know...

BCCI had started a pension scheme for its former players. Under this scheme, players playing at international and domestic level are given a fixed amount every month as pension. The amount of pension is decided according to the level of matches and game of the players.

The age of the players also plays an important role in BCCI's scheme. As the age of the player increases, the amount of their pension also increases. For example, if a player has crossed the age of 60, then his pension amount is increased.

Does the pension increase every year?

According to reports, the pension is not increased every year. But BCCI changes this amount from time to time. In the last few years, the pension of players has been increased several times. Its purpose is that former cricketers do not face financial problems in inflation and changing times.

Who can take advantage?

Only those cricketers can take advantage of this scheme who have played international matches for India or have contributed to domestic cricket for a long time. Apart from this, women cricketers also get the benefit of pension. Even a separate pension scheme has been made for umpires and some senior officials.

How much is the pension?

Let us tell you that BCCI had increased the pension significantly in the last years. The pension of players playing Test cricket was increased from 37,500 to 60,000 per month. The pension of first-class players was also increased from Rs 15,000 to Rs 30,000 per month. Apart from this, senior players who earlier used to get a pension of Rs 50,000, now get Rs 70,000 per month.