The BCCI has announced the annual contracts for men’s team for the 2022-23 season releasing some of the big names of the Indian Cricket Team from the list. Many players debuted in this contract list while few got demotion based on their performances. List of 26 players have been divided into 4 Grades in total – A+, A, B & C. Players categorised in A+ bucket receives 7 Cr, A receives 5 Cr, B gets 3 Cr while 1 Cr is given to C grade players.
1st ranked all-rounder in test format, Ravindra Jadeja got promotion based on his remarkable performances in the last season. Big names like Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma has been dropped.
Promotions :
Sir Jadeja moved from A grade (5 Crores INR) to A+ (7 Crores INR)
Hardik jumped from C grade (1 Crore INR) to A (5 Crores INR)
Axar Patel went from B grade (3 Crores INR) to A (5 Crores INR)
Surya Kumar Yadav got hike from C grade (1 Crore INR) to B (3 Crores INR)
Shubman Gill promoted from C grade (1 Crore INR) to B (3 Crores INR)
Demotions :
KL Rahul moved down from A grade (5 Crores INR) to B grade (3 Crores INR)
Shardul Thakur demoted from B grade (3 Crores INR) to C grade (1 Crore INR)
Debutants :
Following players got their names listed in C grade (1 Crore INR)
- Sanju Samson
- Deepak Hooda
- Kuldeep Yadav
- KS Bharat
- Arshdeep Singh
- Ishan Kishan
Dropped :
From B grade (3 Crores INR)
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Ishant Sharma
From C grade (1 Crore INR)
- Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
- Mayank Agarwal
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Hanuma Vihari
- Deepak Chahar
Latest Contract List for 2022-23 Season :
Grade A+ (4):
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah & Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A (5):
Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Md. Shami & R Ashwin
Grade B (6):
Surya Kumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer & Md. Siraj
Grade C (11):
Shikhar Dhawan, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, KS Bharat, Shardul Thakur, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishan Kishan & Umesh Yadav
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