Several foreign stars are still owned payments from their Indian Premier League franchises for the 2010 season, according to the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA).

Australia's Simon Katich and Ramnaresh Sarwan of the West Indies are two of the international players who are still waiting for contract payments.

"A number of players whose contracts were 'subsidised' by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have recently contacted FICA to assist in recovering the amounts," FICA chief executive Tim May said.

"Despite numerous attempts by the players to recover these amounts, not only do the amounts still remain unpaid, but the IPL/BCCI have recently failed to respond to communications made by the players and their representatives.

"FICA last month wrote to the (then) IPL chairman Mr Chirayu Amin on behalf of the players to draw his attention to the matter, but to date neither we nor the players have received a response."

Katich and Sarwan were signed by the Kings XI Punjab in 2008 and although they didn't take part in the 2010 tournament, their three-year contracts ran until after the third edition of the IPL.

This article was first published by Cricket 365