'Players should be paid according to performance'

New Delhi, Mar 28: It might well be perform or famish for superstar Indian cricketers as a section of the BCCI is advocating a performance-based payment system in an aftermath to Team India's debacle in the World Cup in Caribbean.

''I think the players in the India team need to be paid on the basis of their performance and their caliber. I think that system needs to be in place soon,'' BCCI vice-president Shashank Manohar told CNN-IBN.

The key BCCI functionary also echoed cricket lovers' anguish and said the players should have lived up to the expectations of millions of countrymen.

''I think their performance was pathetic. They couldn't match up with what we all expected from them. The sense of responsibility was never seen.'' He also emphasized the need to change the mindset of selectors and said players should not been included in the squad on the basis of their past glory.

UNI