The Board of C🐻ontrol for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the🦹 central contract list for the current season.
The elite list comprises only thre🐷e players – skipper Virat Kohli, his limited-overs deputy R𒉰ohit Sharma and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Opening batsman Shik🍎har Dhawan, who isn’t a part of the Test setup and has had a poor last three months in the limited-overs formats, has been demoted from A-plus to A category.
T⛎he A-plus category players get a yearly retainer fee of Rs 7 crore, while ‘A’ cate𓄧gory players get richer by Rs 5 crore.
Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has fallen off the ♊radar as an all-format player, has also been demoted to Grade A.
However, the young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has been rewarded for his good show in Test cricket and has directly been included in the ൩A group after being ignored 🍨last year.
Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who ha🤪s become India’s frontline spinner in all three formats, has been promoted to A from the ‘B’ category. Test specialist Murali Vijay, who was in the A category until last year, has been dropped altogether after a dismal♔ tour of Australia.
