BCCI-affiliated Uttarakhand physiotherapist claims he has not been paid since 9 months

Cricket Association of Uttarakhand, a state-affiliated unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has been reportedly held accountable for not compensating the support staff of their Ranji Trophy side. The situation came to light after Uttarakhand's physiotherapist Danny Pereira recently wrote an email to the state association expressing his grievance at not being paid the pending dues for his services. Sportskeeda recently highlighted the contents of the letter after getting their hands on a copy of the email.

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Cricket Association of Uttarakhand withhold payments of support staff

Danny Pereira was contracted by the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand to be the physiotherapist for Uttarakhand’s Ranji team between September 2019 to February 2020. Pereira is also noted to have worked for the National Cricket Academy before. In his email, Pereira wrote that he has come to an understanding that the BCCI has cleared payments to all their state associations. However, he added that he is yet to receive any payment since the end of the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Pereira also mentioned that he is currently facing hardships and difficulties to feed his family and described himself as the sole bread earner of his house. He stated that no payment has been made to him for the past nine months and he has exhausted all his savings. The sports physiotherapist mentioned that the current global coronavirus crisis has only added to his difficulties.

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