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Jadeja, Pujara & Vijay promoted to Grade A

[caption id="attachment_22966" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Wriddhiman Saha gets promotion in BCCI Annual Players Contract | File Image[/caption] Internet Desk: The annual retainer amounts for the Indian cricketers were enhanced for all the categories. Cricketers grouped in Grade A players will now be paid Rs 2 crores per annum, Grade B cricketers will be paid Rs 1 Crore per annum while Grade C will be paid Rs 50 lakhs per annum, which is double the amounts paid in the earlier years. The match fee enhancement for men cricketers will be effective from Oct 1st 2016 onwards. Cricketers will be paid Rs 15 lakhs per Test, Rs 6 lakhs per ODI and Rs 3 lakhs for T20 International. Sandhya Rajesh Sawant, wife of Late Rajesh Sawant who unfortunately passed away while he was on official assignment with the India Under 19 team, was handed a cheque of Rs 15 lakhs, in recognition of his services to Indian Cricket. The Committee of Administrators met earlier in the day and decided on the Annual Player Contracts for men cricketers for the period ending 30 September 2017, as following: Grade A Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay. Grade B Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh. Grade C Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Ashish Nehra, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Jayant Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Rishabh Pant