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In the list released by the BCCI on Wednesday, in the top grade in A+, captain Rohit Sharma, along with Virat Kohli, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is present. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, who were dropped from the Test team, have suffered.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced its annual contract. In the list released by the BCCI on Wednesday, captain Rohit Sharma in A+, Virat Kohli along with fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah are present in the top grade. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, who were dropped from the Test team, have suffered. A total of 28 players have been selected by the BCCI for this year’s contract.
Based on the recommendation made by the All India Senior Selection Committee, the board has issued a list of retention to the players. This contract of all players is from 1 October 2021 to September 2022. There has been no change in the A+ grade, while the number of 10 players in the B grade has been halved to 5. The number in Grade B has been increased from 5 to 7 this year. At the same time, 12 players have been given place in C grade instead of 10.
The names of spinner Kuldeep Yadav and fast bowler Navdeep Saini have been dropped from the contract issued by the BCCI. Mohammad Siraj has got the reward for his better performance in the form of promotion from C grade to B.
Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya and Ishant Sharma have been demoted from A grade to C grade while Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mayank Agarwal and Wriddhiman Saha have been demoted from B to C grade.
- Grade A+: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah
- Grade A: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant
- Grade B: Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammad Siraj, Ishant Sharma
- Grade C: Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Mayank Agarwal
BCCI annual contract:
Players who are included in A+ grade get Rs 7 crore annually as salary. At the same time, players of A, B and C grades are given Rs 5, 3 and 1 crore respectively as salary for a full year.
