England team still waiting for allowance from BCCI

"Yes, England team is yet to receive any allowances from the BCCI.

"The players and support staff are mainly doing transaction through credit card and there was some limited cash (Indian currency) that was provided to them by the manager," an anonymous England insider told PTI.

The source has further added that although they are yet to be directly affected by the demonetization by the Indian government, they are running out of notes. He said, "I would not say there are major financial difficulties but there is an inconvenience of the limited cash available.”

Earlier this month, The Indian cricket board had requested its English counterpart to bear its own tour expenses as the hosts awaited the Lodha Committee’s permission to execute the MoU between the two boards. However, the MoU is yet to be signed by the Boards.

While the Supreme Court has sanctioned Rs 58.6 lakh per match for the organisation of the first three Tests, it does not include the daily allowance, of Rs 4200 per day, of a player which is part of the MoU.

"BCCI is at present not in a position to execute the MoU between the Indian Cricket Board and the ECB. This is due to restrictions on execution of contracts imposed on the BCCI by a Court order," Ajay Shirke had earlier intimated the ECB.

The Lodha panel had mentioned that the MoU is not part of its mandate. The panel wrote in an email to the BCCI, "The proposed MoU between BCCI and ECB concerns bilateral cricketing policy, the formulation of which is not a part of the mandate of the Committee. As far as payments are concerned, if they are to be made directly by the BCCI, no directions can be given by this Committee until relevant details are furnished by the BCCI".