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New Delhi, April 10: Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag believes the reason behind the current generation of cricketers are financially secure than the rest of the athletes in the country because of the efforts of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble.
According to Sehwag, the legendary trio fought for better pay to the Indian cricketers and the current generation must be thanking them. Referring to their fight for share in BCCI revenue for players back in 2001-02, the Nawab of Najafgarh said it went a long way in guaranteeing financial security that is enjoyed by the current crop of players.
The BCCI is on the cusp of having its own Players' Association within the next few days but the seeds were first sown by Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dravid and Kumble had formed a 'Players' Association' demanding a share from the BCCI's TV rights deal.
"We had to fight to get a share of revenue from BCCI but I don't think there is any such precedence in any other sport. Had the likes of Tendulkar, Dravid and Kumble not fought for our rights, we wouldn't have been where we are today," Sehwag said on the sidelines of newly launched IPKL Kabaddi League floated by the New Kabaddi Federation (NKF) and aired on DSport.
"If you see, there was no friction after that," he added. The context of his comment was IPKL organisers committing 20 per cent of their revenue reserved for players.
"If IPKL is sharing 20 per cent revenue for players, it's a good thing. Other sports can learn from this move," said Sehwag.
"I once spoke to former India hockey captain Sardar Singh, who told me that he used to receive mere TA/DA while representing the country and no match fees. It will be great if football and hockey can take a cue," he added.
While there is already a Pro-Kabaddi League backed by the national federation, Sehwag sees no harm in having a parallel league that can benefit India players.
"Don't confuse this with cricket. BCCI's revenue pool is so huge that it can possibly be much more than all Olympic sports put together. Also in cricket, we have so many tournaments, we don't have a place for another league.
"However in Kabaddi, there is no harm in having two different leagues and allowing players to play both. We have recently lost to Iran in the Asian Games and it hurt me. We should have a bigger pool of players," said the former India captain.
(With inputs from PTI)
