Mumbai: Income distribution to the players from the Cricket Board's coffers has taken a steep dip of Rs 38 crore in 2013-14 as compared to the previous fiscal because of a corresponding decrease in income from media rights.

"In the year under consideration the expenses on cricketing operations went down marginally from Rs 551 crore last year to Rs 516 crore in the current year. The provision for gross revenue share payable to the players has gone down from Rs 49 crore to Rs 11 crores in the current year. This is because of the lesser media rights income," BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry has said in the 2013-14 annual report.