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2020-07-06T18:46:17Z

LCECharles: Created page with " Former India Test star Harbhajan Singh has effectively called Andrew Symonds a liar and accused the Australian of being a "fiction writer" over his version of the 'Monkeyg..."

Former India Test star Harbhajan Singh has effectively called Andrew Symonds a liar and accused the Australian of being a "fiction writer" over his version of the 'Monkeygate' controversy. Singh allegedly called Symonds a monkey during a 2008 Test match at the SCG. To mark the 10-year anniversary of the infamous incident, Symonds was interviewed by Fox Cricket and [http://casa-antigo.eu/wiki/IPL_Scoreboard casa-antigo.eu] claimed Singh tearfully apologised to him in 2011. "He (Singh) goes, 'Look, I've got to say sorry to you for what I did to you in Sydney. I apologise. I hope I didn't cause you, your family, your friends too much harm and I really apologise for what I said. I shouldn't have said it'," Symonds recalled. "And he actually broke down crying, and I could just see that was a huge weight off his shoulders; he had to get rid of it." Singh was shocked to hear those comments, claiming it never happened. The 38-year-old has always maintained he never called Symonds a monkey but rather the Hindi slur 'teri maa ki'. Singh hit back at Symonds on Twitter. "I thought he was a very good cricketer but Symonds has turned out to be a good fiction writer," he tweeted. "He sold a story then (2008) and he is 'selling a story' now (2018). Mate, the world has come of age in these 10 years and it's time you also grew up." With Singh effectively dismissing Symonds' recollection of events, the 'Monkeygate' controversy is set to drag on.

India Doubles Player Salaries Hikes Match Fees

2020-07-05T18:20:03Z

LCECharles: Created page with " BENGALURU, March 22 (Reuters) - India's cricket team have been given a significant pay rise, with the world's richest cricket board (BCCI) announcing on Wednesday that it..."

BENGALURU, March 22 (Reuters) - India's cricket team have been given a significant pay rise, with the world's richest cricket board (BCCI) announcing on Wednesday that it had doubled salaries for the 2016-17 season and hiked match fees across all three of the game's formats. Players in the uppermost 'A' category have been put on a retainer of 20 million Indian rupees ($305,000) for the period ending Sept. 20, 2017, [http://www.marcsdesign.shop/Best_Laptops_Of_2020 http://www.marcsdesign.shop/Best_Laptops_Of_2020] up from 10 million rupees last season. That is still well short of the 700,000 pounds ($870,800) retainers that England's top cricketers, such as Alastair Cook or Joe Root are on, according to media reports, or the A$1.12 million dollars ($858,816) for Australia captain Steve Smith. Top Indian cricketers also receive a match fee for each international appearance, and many benefit from playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). The BCCI said it had seven players on Grade A contracts, up from four last season, with Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja and Murali Vijay joining captain Virat Kohli, former skipper MS Dhoni, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and batsman Ajinkya Rahane. Indian players on Grade B contracts, such as batsman Rohit Sharma and pace bowlers Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav will earn 10 million rupees each and Grade C players will earn 5 million rupees apiece. Notable exceptions from the list of players awarded contracts include off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and left-handed batsman Suresh Raina. Players also top up their income in the IPL Twenty20 competition, with the country's media reporting that skipper Kohli, who captains Royal Challengers Bangalore, earned 15 million rupees from the league last year. England all-rounder Ben Stokes was bought for a staggering $2.17 million by Rising Pune Supergiants ahead of this season's IPL. The BCCI also increased match fees for the national team, with players now earning 1.5 million rupees per test match, or three times as much as they did last season. Match fees for both one-day internationals and Twenty20 internationals have been doubled, to 600,000 rupees and 300,000 rupees, respectively. The changes have been backdated to Oct. 1, 2016, the BCCI said. ($1 = 65.4500 Indian rupees) ($1 = 0.8039 pounds) ($1 = 1.3041 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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2020-07-05T17:51:18Z

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