BENGALURU: V Jayadevan, who devised the VJD method, has said that he has not received any financial compensation from the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the past 10 years although his method has been used to calculate target scores in hundreds of rain-affected List A matches and T20s on the domestic circuit since the year 2007.

The civil engineer, who is based out of Thrissur in Kerala, said the only aid he received from the Board was in 2009 for developing the method further. Jayadevan's method was officially adopted 12 years back based on a recommendation made by the technical committee headed by Sunil Gavaskar.

With Sourav Ganguly - who was part of the Gavaskar-led technical committee which proposed the use of VJD method in IPL in 2010 - being the BCCI president now, Jayadevan is hopeful of a favourable decision.

"In the last 12 years, results of over 500 domestic matches were decided satisfactorily using VJD method. State T20 leagues like KPL, TNPL are also using the system. However, as far as my efforts during the last two decades are concerned, I haven't received any recognition or monetary benefit," said Jayadevan.

Jayadevan is also planning to shift the VJD method from DOS version to Windows to make it more appealing and manage it easily.

"Initially, when I sought financial aid for further development of the system, the then Kerala Cricket Association secretary TC Mathew took me to (the then BCCI secretary) N Srinivasan's office and he sanctioned Rs 5 lakh in 2009. After that, I haven't received anything from the Board. I wanted to convert the method from the present format to a better one so that it would be easy for stakeholders to use it," Jayadevan said.

New version

Jayadevan has developed a new version of the method in which he has introduced the concept of 'Make-up Factor' which aims at reducing the advantage or disadvantage for a team while revising the target score in an interrupted match.

Jayadevan feels the new update will suit T20 matches more. "If this has to materialise, I need more funds. I hope BCCI sanctions financial aid," he said.

Jayadevan has received a favourable reply from BCCI general manager (cricket operations) Saba Karim who assured him that he would take up the issue with higher officials.