BCCI central contract: Ishant, Rahane and Saha have been out of the team for some time now and the BCCI is looking to sideline them completely. At the same time, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya can get promotions.
BCCI will soon release the list of centrally contracted players for the next season :-
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may soon release the list of players with central contracts for the next season (2022-23). This time the place in the contract list of Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Ajinkya Rahane seems to be in danger. These three players have not been in the team for some time now and the BCCI is looking to sideline them completely.
At the same time, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya can get promotions. The Board announces the Annual Central Contract (BCCI Central Contract) every year between January and April. This time this decision will be taken in the Board’s Apex Council meeting on 21 December.
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Who chooses the players?
Three officials from the BCCI office, five selectors and the head coach of Team India are present to decide on the grade of the players. In the previous contract, 27 players were kept under contract. However, this time many of these players can be dropped. At the same time, there may be changes in the grades of many.
Players included in the contract list for the 2021-22 season :-
| Grade A+ | Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
| Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah. | Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Mohd. Shami, Rishabh Pant | Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Akshar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj. | Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha. |
