Breaking: Ireland And Afghanistan Earn Test Status, BCCI To Get USD 405 Million From ICC 1

After much speculations, Ireland and Afghanistan have been finally confirmed as Full Members of the International Cricket Council after a unanimous vote at the ICC Full Council meeting in London on Thursday (June 22). Both the countries have now become the 11th and 12th members of the elite group that is permitted to play the longest format of the game. Ireland and Afghanistan are the first admissions in the game’s full members since Bangladesh gained Test status in 2000.

Ireland have been making a case for themselves for quite some time now. They had played first 50-over World Cup in 2007 and immediately made a huge impact by defeating Pakistan. In the following two World Cups, they defeated England and West Indies to prove their credentials.

On the other hand, Afghanistan have taken big strides since being given the ODI status in 2011. They qualified for the 2015 World Cup and won their first game in the tournament by beating Scotland. Recently, they drew an ODI series with T20 world champions West Indies.

 

BCCI to get USD 405 million from ICC:

Another important decision taken during the meeting was that the ICC agreed to pay BCCI USD 405 million as per its new revenue sharing model. Previously, the apex body had decided to give USD 293 million to the BCCI only to see the miffed Indian board declining the offer.

Later, hectic negotiations between the BCCI and ICC led the latter to increase the amount by USD 100 million. And finally, it was decided that USD 112 million more will be given to BCCI from the previously agreed amount.

As per the new model, England is the second highest paid board in the model with USD 139 million. Six other cricket boards, Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will get USD 128 million each. The least paid Test playing member will be Zimbabwe who will get USD 94 million.