RCB players yet to be paid their due for Indian Premier League 5

Some of the players of the players playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) have reportedly not been paid their dues by the franchisee says The Hindustan Times. It has three months since the players were supposed to get paid first installment of their participation fees, but they have not received and according to the report some of them have not yet received it including the skipper Daniel Vettori and Andrew McDonald.

The Times of India says that even though this is not the first instance that the franchisee has defaulted in making the payment, the players are this time concerned by the lack of lack of response from franchise official. "Nobody has come back to us, to let us know what is going on. The people, at the moment, are in the dark,” one of the players was quoted in the report.

Meanwhile a report in Deccan Herald says that according to the agreement signed between the player, the franchise and the IPL, the player receives 15 per cent of his fee for the season by April 1 (before the IPL or early into it), 50 per cent by May 1 (during the IPL or towards its end), 20 per cent after the Champions League T20 and the remaining 15 per cent by December 1. RCB so far seem to have failed to meet the schedule, and the Bangalore team has not qualified for this year’s Champions League after failing to finish among the top four IPL teams.