Tridents still await cash from CPLT20
An inside source revealed that some overdue payments ranged from US$10, 000 to US$120, 000 per player.
The source added that negotiations were taking place and players should be compensated before year-end.
The Tridents franchise is owned by fugitive billionaire Vijay Mallya, who faces money laundering charges in London. The 61-year-old tycoon, who has been staying in the United Kingdom for over a year now, is accused of defaulting on loans worth thousands of crores in India.
He slipped out of the country in March last year, amid attempts by a group of banks to recover more than Rs. 9 000 crore loaned to him for his now-collapsed Kingfisher Airlines.
India made an extradition request in February to Britain to send back the businessman to face trial. He was arrested and released on bail in April this year following India’s extradition request.
Last year, Mallya was quoted as saying that he and other shareholders got the ownership of Barbados Tridents for US$100 but the cost of running the franchise would be around US $2 million and the Barbados government promised to grant subsidies to the franchise.
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