BCCI prepares a list of selected Indian players for one year and contracts them to play cricket for the next one year, which is divided into four categories.
These players play cricket for BCCI for the next one year. These four categories are A+, A, B and C. A+ category cricketers get Rs 7 crore annually, A category players get Rs 5 crore, B category players get Rs 3 crore and C category players get Rs 1 crore annually.
The BCCI has released the list of players included in its central contract for the next year. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, who were included in this list last year, have been excluded this year. Both of these players have suffered a loss by not playing Ranji Trophy matches. While Shreyas Iyer was in the B category last year, Ishan Kishan was placed in the C category. The BCCI has also stated that the Central contract will automatically include players who have played a minimum of 3 Test matches, 8 ODIs, or 10 T20I matches within a specified time period.
Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan will automatically be included in Grade C if they play the next Test match against England. Similarly, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan can also automatically join Grade C in the BCCI’s contract list after achieving the minimum qualification.Apart from this, the BCCI has made it mandatory for all the players involved in the central contract to play in domestic tournaments if they are fit and out of the Indian team.
BCCI A grade players salary
This contact is valid from October 1 to September 30, 2024.The list of 30 players included in the BCCI central contract list with salary:
Grade A+ | Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja. (7 crore annually)
Grade A | Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya. (5 crore annually)
Grade B | Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Akshar Patel, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. (3 crore annually)
Grade C | Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ravi Vishnoi, Shardul Thakur,Ruturaj Gaikwan, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Rajat Patidar, Avesh Khan, KS Bharat, and Prasidh Krishna.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar BCCI Contract
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s name is absent from the BCCI contract list for the second consecutive year. He was absent in 2022–2023 and absent again in 2023–2024. The supporters are also enraged by the fact that he is not a member of the squad. Rather than waiting to be called up to the Indian squad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is now competing for Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. unlike a lot of others who, after being rejected from every series, did not participate in any further tournaments. Bhuvneshwar Kumar just put up a magnificent display by capturing eight wickets in a ranji match against Bengal.