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FICA chief executive Tim May has warned that players, auctioned for the IPL, can walk away from their contracts as some of them had still not been paid.

"There is a worry that some players have not been paid nor received their signed copies of contracts," said May, who is head of the Federation of International Cricketers' Association.

"We need to get a good feel on how widespread it is. If it has just alienated a couple of players I'm sure the thing can be worked out reasonably sensibly," he told an Australian newspaper.

Most players expected to receive 15 per cent of their auction fee on April 1 but it is thought that at least two Australian players have yet to be paid the first instalment.

Rick Olarenshaw, the agent of David Hussey, one of the players still waiting their remuneration, has criticised the amount of bureaucracy involved.

"It's been an absolute nightmare in terms of the paperwork required to get the players there," he said.

"I don't think it's anything sinister. We're expecting to have all the paperwork done and Huss will be ready to play," he added.