Xtratime Web Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced on Tuesday list of players covered under different grade of BCCI annual contract. While Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) is going on the announcement would certainly help in boosting confidence of some cricketers for sure.
The annual contract was announced for a time period from October 2020 – September 2021. This contract is for senior India Mens’ team. There are four grades in which players are divided into : A+,A,B,C. Players falling in A+ grade will earn 7 crore,in grade A it is 5 crore,in grade B it is 3 crore, in grade C it is 1 crore.
Lets take a look at the list of players retained in different categories.
● Grade A+ = Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah.
● Grade A = R 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, Bhuvneshar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal.
● Grade C = Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sudnar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj.