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Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday (January 16) announced the annual player contracts for Team India. There are four categories, namely Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C.
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In the top category of Grade A+, three cricketers feature, captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. The players in Grade A+ will receive Rs 7 crore while in the next category they will get Rs 5 crore. Grade B players will get Rs 3 crore followed by Rs 1 crore.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has not played for India since the ICC World Cup 2019 in July, has not been given a contract. This might indicate that his international career is over.
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The BCCI contract system is for the period October 2019 to September 2020.
The payment structures are as under
- Team India (Senior Men)
Period |
Grade A + |
Grade A |
Grade B |
Grade C |
Oct 2019 to Sept 2020 |
INR 7 Cr |
INR 5 Cr |
INR 3 Cr |
INR 1 Cr |
Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men)
I.
Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
A+ |
1 |
Virat Kohli |
2 |
Rohit Sharma |
|
3 |
Jasprit Bumrah |
II.
Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
A |
1 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
2 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
|
3 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
|
4 |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
|
5 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
|
6 |
KL Rahul |
|
7 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
|
8 |
Mohd. Shami |
|
9 |
Ishant Sharma |
|
10 |
Kuldeep Yadav |
|
11 |
Rishabh Pant |
III.
Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
B |
1 |
Wriddhiman Saha |
2 |
Umesh Yadav |
|
3 |
Yuzvendra Chahal |
|
4 |
Hardik Pandya |
|
5 |
Mayank Agarwal |
IV.
Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
C |
1 |
Kedar Jadhav |
2 |
Navdeep Saini |
|
3 |
Deepak Chahar |
|
4 |
Manish Pandey |
|
5 |
Hanuma Vihari |
|
6 |
Shardul Thakur |
|
7 |
Shreyas Iyer |
|
8 |
Washington Sundar |
Last Updated Jan 16, 2020, 2:22 PM IST