As the ICC officials meet in Dubai for the meeting, the top agenda will be to abolish the much-talked Big Three Model that came into existence in 2014 after the proposal of former BCCI President N Srinivasan. However, if that happens it may not only be a blow to BCCI’s revenue but will also help the rivals Pakistan in generating more money.

Till 2014 all the Test cricket playing nations used to get US $67 million each from the International Cricket Council. However, the then BCCI President N Srinivasan proposed that the countries that bring in more revenue should get a bigger share in it allowing India, Australia, and England to cumulatively have a share of 27.4% in the 2015-2023 cycle, with India alone having a share of 20.3%.

Here is a look at ICC’s current revenue system:

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So, while countries like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe were making US$ 5 million and US$ 3million respectively in the eight-year period, India would have gone on to make nearly US$ 507 million. On the other hand, Pakistan would have made just 42 million US dollars.

However, the new BCCI President Shashank Manohar wasn’ a big fan of this concept as he thought that this would bring an imbalance. He took over as the ICC Chairman in 2015 a proposed that more share should be given to smaller countries to promote cricket.

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This idea didn’t go well with BCCI and India was the only country to oppose him. But, if his idea is accepted in the ICC meeting, India’s share will come down to 357 million dollars while Pakistan’s share will increase to 67 million dollars.

Since ICC is also planning to give Test status to Ireland and Afghanistan, it will further lead to the division of revenue, bringing India’s share further down.