The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the annual player contracts for India’s senior men’s team for the 2022/23 season. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has received a promotion to the A+ category, while KL Rahul has been demoted to Grade B. Other inclusions in the A+ category are the Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma, his predecessor, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah, who has been injured since July 2022.
The players in the A+ category will earn INR 7 crore. Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant, and Axar Patel were included in Grade A. These players will earn INR 5 crore between October 2022 and September 2023.
Cheteshwar Pujara, K L Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, and Shubhman Gill are part of Grade B. Rahul has received a demotion while Shubman was given a contract promotion by the BCCI. These players are set to earn INR 3 crore.
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Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, and KS Bharat are part of the Grade C contract and will they will be earning INR 1 crore.
It was the end of the road for Ishant Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, who has not been included in BCCI’s list for annual contracts. Rahane and Ishant were given Grade B contracts last season. The likes of Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, and Deepak Chahar were also removed from BCCI’s annual contracts list after being given Grade C contracts last season.
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Complete list of contracted Indian cricketers:
Grade A+: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah.
Grade A: Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel.
Grade B: Cheteshwar Pujara, K L Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill.
Grade C: Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat.
