BCCI announced contract of Team India, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer returned
BCCI has announced the central contract of Indian players. A total of 34 players have got a place in the new contract. The big thing is that Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer have returned to the contract again. At the same time, many players have got a place in the central contract for the first time. This central contract of India's men cricketers is from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
34 players, 4 grades and how much money?
In the central contract of BCCI, 34 players have been divided into 4 grades. Every player will be given an annual amount by BCCI according to his grade. A grade players get the highest amount of Rs 7 crore. A grade players get Rs 5 crore. B grade players get Rs 3 crore. C grade players get Rs 1 crore each annually.
Which players got a place in A and A grade?
BCCI has given place to 4 players in A grade of central contract. It has placed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja in this grade. At the same time, 6 players have been included in A grade, which includes Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami and Rishabh Pant.
Shreyas Iyer returns to B grade, Ishaan gets a place in C grade
In the new central contract, Shreyas Iyer is seen returning to B grade. Apart from Shreyas, 4 more players included in this grade are Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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Summary
A total of 19 players have got a place in the C grade, one of which is Ishan Kishan. Apart from Ishan Kishan, this grade includes Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Akashdeep, Varun Chakraborty and Harshit Rana.
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