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Indian cricket board released the updated contract list for senior Indian cricket team. The contract list is applicable from October 2020 to September 2021. A total of 28 cricketers were awarded in the recent contract.
New contract list released
On Thursday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021. As per the media release of the BCCI, the current payment structures have been divided into four categories with Grade A+ contract earning players ₹7 crore, Grade A earning players ₹5 crore, Grade B earning players ₹3 crore, and Grade C earning players ₹1 crore for the mentioned time period. A total of 28 cricketers were awarded the central contracts in these four categories. Only three cricketers were retained in the in the A+ category central contract list which included India captain Virat Kohli, vice-captain Rohit Sharma, and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
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The entire lists
On the other hand, some of the seniors like R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma were all placed under Grade A contract. The same list includes names like KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, and the young keeper Rishabh Pant. Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, pacers Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshar Kumar, and Shardul Thakur and opening batsman Mayank Agarwal were all placed under Grade B contract. Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sudnar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj were all placed under Group C. Allrounder Kedar Jadhav missed to have a central contract this time along with Manish Pandey.
Here is the list of players according to the grades:
Grade A+ : Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah
Grade A: Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya.
Grade B: Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal
Grade C: Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj
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