On Thursday (April 14), the Boa🍰rd of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had released the annual contract list for its players. Some n🦩ew faces were spꦜotted paving their way on the list.
Every year, the ap♔ex board reward its players by picking them in different grades. These grades are divided into four categories, i.e. Grade A+, A, B and C. While players in the A+ group earn INR 7 crore annually, those in group A get INR 5 crore. Similarly, cricketers in Grade B and C are paid INR 3 crore and 1 crore, respectively.
Recent debutants for Team India, Mohammad Siraj and Shubman Gill made their way in the list, and players like Hardik Pandya received a promotion from Grade B to Grade A. However, one of the notable omissions from the list was T Natarajan, who was 🤡one of the star performers dur๊ing the Australia tour.
Natarajan was not named in the annual contract list because of the criteria set by BCCI where a🎀 player has to play a minimum of three Tests or eight ODIs or 10 T20Is in a season. Nattu has not yet fulfilled these norms as he has only played one Test, two ODIs and four T20Is.
The Tamil Nadu pacer can still make🦂 it to the contract list if he appears in two or more Test matches in England this year or six ODI✱s or six T20Is before September 2021.
Another thing that captured everyone’s attention was related to India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was considered for the promotion in the central contract list, but strangely he missed it. As per Cricbuzz, the 32-year-old was initially considered for the Grade A+, but only three players – Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah – were finalised for the top-most category.
