IT dept. asks details of payments from BCCI

MUMBAI, JULY 4. The Income Tax department is in the process of ascertaining the payments received by the Indian cricketers in the last 10 years. According to a source in the IT department, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been asked to submit a detailed account of payments made to cricketers who represented India in Tests and one-day Internationals since the 1991-92 season.

About 10 days ago the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) honoured Sachin Tendulkar, among 87 others, presenting him the `Rashtriya Sanmaan Patra' for remitting substantial tax over a period of time.

India has played 263 one-day Internationals and 65 Tests since October 1991. The corresponding figures for the other eight Test playing countries are: Australia 212 and 98, England 120 and 92, New Zealand 173 and 71, Pakistan 269 and 76, South Africa 197 and 70, Sri Lanka 205 and 68, West Indies 190 and 71, Zimbabwe 138 and 43.

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