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BCCI announces cash rewards for Team India | Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday
announced cash rewards of Rs 25 lakh for each player of the Indian team for becoming the number one Test squad in the world. Earlier in the day, team India led by
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs on the fifth
and final day of the third and penultimate Test match to win the series 2-0 and
claim the top spot in the ICC Test rankings. The win gave three points to India
, taking its tally to the top at 122 points in the rankings, which left South
Africa and Sri Lanka behind. “We have decided to give each Indian cricket team
member Rs 25 lakh for becoming the number one in ICC Test rankings. Each of the
support staff and selection committee members will be given Rs 10 lakh,” said
Shashank Manohar, BCCI President at a award function here. It was a team effort
from the Indians which saw them creating history, as after piling on a mammoth
729 for 9 in the first innings, it was the bowlers who responded with brilliant
individual performances. Zaheer (5/72) started with a ripper in the first over
to get rid of captain Kumar Sangakkara (137), who was the lone Lankan batsman
to stand tall amid the Lankan ruins. Harbhajan and Pragyan Ojha scalped two wickets
each, while the hero of the Kanpur Test, Srisanth bagged one. This was the third
time in the last four years that India has won two matches in a row. Once Sangakkara
was gone, it was a matter of time before India romped home. |
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