India, June 28 -- Amidst demands for greater equity in how cricket at the highest level shares its profits and revenues amongst players, member nations of the ICC, and other stakeholders, former Indian player and coach Ravi Shastri remains bullish about India receiving compensation for being the driver of the cricket economy.

The recent past has seen a plethora of criticisms regarding how India receive the lion's share of the revenue generated by the ICC. Following a decision made in 2023, the BCCI has been set to receive 38.5% under the distribution structure, over five times as much as the next-highest band of national boards, those being England, Australia, and Pakistan.

Shastri, however, saw no issue with this, and saw it as the jus...