Shreyas Iyer may have been ruled out of the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a dislocated shoulder, but the Delhi Capitals’ regular skipper will get his full salary of a season, i.e. Rs 7 crore.
Iyer, who was injured during the ODI series against England, and hurt his shoulders badly, will undergo surgery on April 8 and therefore will not get fit in time to play for Delhi Capitals.
Despite missing the entire season, Iyer will get the full amount under the “Players Insurance” scheme, which is an insurance policy for all centrally contracted players.
The scheme was introduced before the starting of the fourth season in 2011 after a discussion between then BCCI secretary N Srinivasan and the Indian team players. Under the insurance scheme, players are compensated in case of IPL non-appearance due to injury or any accident.
The scheme says that if a player gets injured while representing the country and misses the IPL partially or fully, he will be eligible for the compensation.
However, the scheme is not applicable to non-contracted players.
Earlier, several contracted cricketers like Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra had been compensated by the BCCI for missing the IPL.