Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces a 28-player contract list

Indian captain Virat Kohli, vice-captain Rohit Sharma, and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah remain in the top category of the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) central contracts, which fetches Rs 7 crore

While some fast emerging youngsters Were also rewarded by the board on Thursday. A total of 28 cricketers have been awarded central contracts in 4 categories.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been promoted to Grade A, earning Rs 5 crore, while Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj got their first central contract which is Grade C, and amounted to Rs 1 crore.

But the status of some players has been reduced, in which fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been reduced to Grade B with Rs 3 crore while Kedar Jadhav has also been brought down.

ALERT🚨: BCCI announces annual player retainership 2020-21 – #TeamIndia (Senior Men) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021. 

Payment structure:
Grade A+ : INR 7 Cr
Grade A : INR 5 Cr
Grade B : INR 3 Cr
Grade C : INR 1 Crhttps://t.co/WgtmO7pIOv pic.twitter.com/ycnPcXPYJu

— BCCI (@BCCI) April 15, 2021

BCCI announces a 28-player contract list is as follows:

Grade A+ (7 crore): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jaspreet Bumrah.

Grade A (5 crores): R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya.

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Grade B (3 crores): Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal.

Grade C (1 crore): Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.