new delhi indias foreign wrestling coaches andrew cook and temo kazarashvili left india with half of their monthly salary for march in their pockets and are wondering if they will be paid their dues along with the remuneration for the current monthwomens team coach cook left for seattle in the usa on march 19 after the wrestling federation of india wfi called off the national camp in lucknow on march 17 due to the covid19 pandemic diminutive kazarshvili the 1982 world champion who coaches indias greco roman wrestlers also left for georgia soon after the mens camp in sonepat was halted its not my choice to be back home they approved everything before i left as i filled out the forms i received my march salary and it was only half when i inquired they said they are holding my pay cook said from seattlei have received nothing since i am home they want us to be on zoom calls but no pay how fair is that this is a joke they are not honouring the contract he saidcook claimed that he has written emails to the sports authority of india sai officials as well as wfi officialsthere is no response from the sai leadership but i have been assured by wfi that i will get my dues and the contracts will also be extended till 2021 since the olympics have been pushed by a year he saidwfi assistant secretary vinod tomar confirmed that salaries of the coaches have been blocked but assured they will be released sooni think the regional sai centre officials felt that since camp was called off mid march the coaches will be paid half of the salary they get but we have told them that its annual contract and we have to pay them on monthly basis tomar saidwe had written to them towards the end of march explaining that salary is not based on number of days at the camp the delay in payment could be due to the absence of officials who are the signing authority in saithe coaches have to be paid in foreign currency so maybe thats why the delay there is some paper work involved tomar explained cook gets a monthly remuneration of usd 4500 while kazarshvili gets usd 4000 cook said he is desperate to get back to the mat and is in touch with his wardsits getting crazy sitting at home i want to get back to mat i keep sharing technical stuff with them kiran 76kg is very active pooja dhanda sakshi malik and 10 others are there in the chat he saidtarget olympic podium scheme tops ceo rajesh rajagopalan did not respond rajagopalan is wfis contact point for their issueshowever a source in sai said that issue is being looked intoa salary matrix has been proposed to minimise the impact of this issue and is being approved for implementation the foreign coaches have already returned to their country but their salary issue will be resolved there