1. A salary cap for the team as a whole doesn't appear to be a foolproof idea. Instead salary cap be placed for individual players, after grouping them under three categories - A,B,C - based on their performances in the past and recent past, ICC rankings in the last 3 years, potential as revealed by current form etc.
2. We have seen that some of the icon players who proved to be ranging from ordinary to non performing to plain disasters. This icon status should be scrapped and every player should come under three categories as above.
3. Salary should be fixed per match rather than by way of a lumpsum. If a player is fit and available for playing but is not included in the playing XI, he should be given a small percentage of the fee, say 10 or 15%. 12th man should be paid 25% of the contracted fee and other players coming in to field as substitutes should also be paid 10% of their match fee.
4. Only three overseas players should be allowed to be included in the playing XI - what did players like Geeves, Ronchi, White, Kapugedera, Shoaib Malik contribute? This will give exposure to more Indian players.
5. Retired foreign players like McGrath, Shane Warne, Stephen Fleming, Pollock, Lehman should not be included.
6. Increase the number of teams to 9 by adding one team (may be Lucknow or Ahmedabad) and have only one match for each team against the remaining 8 instead of 2 as at present. (Four at home, four away).
