Check Out Indian Cricket Players Salary as BCCI Central Contracts Announced for 2022
Published on: Mar 2, 2022 9:53 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 4, 2022 11:54 am IST
BCCI Central Contracts: BCCI have announced the annual contracts list and as much as 26 players have been put into 4 different categories namely A+, A, B and C. Some of the players were degraded from A to B in this year’s annual contract list. Indian captain and vice captain across formats were put into A plus category along with the former captain Virat Kohli.
Indian Cricket Players Salary: 5 all format specialists in BCCI annual category A
BCCI had as much as 10 players in category A for 2020-21 contract list but that has been reduced to 5 for this year. The likes of KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Shami, the all rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin have got A contract with the BCCI for 2021-2022.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have been degraded from A to B this time around. They have been discarded from the test squad as well as they have been overlooked for the Sri Lankan series, which is the only format they were playing.
Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur and Axar Patel were rewarded with B contract as all of them are part of all the formats.
BCCI Central Contracts: Hardik Pandya still in the scheme of things
The discarded all rounder Hardik Pandya is in C category. Though he has been out of the action for a long time, he is irreplaceable in the squad and he will walk into the team as far as white ball is concerned when he is in form. The Indian team management will be having a close eye on Hardik Pandya’s fitness and performance in this year’s IPL as his spot in the Indian side is still up for grabs though Venkatesh Iyer has been impressive in the opportunities he has got so far.
| Player | Grade | Salary (in Crores) |
| Virat Kohli | A+ | 7 |
| Rohit Sharma | A+ | 7 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | A+ | 7 |
| KL Rahul | A | 5 |
| Mohammad Shami | A | 5 |
| Rishabh Pant | A | 5 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | A | 5 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | A | 5 |
| Shardul Thakur | B | 3 |
| Axar Patel | B | 3 |
| Shreyas Iyer | B | 3 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | B | 3 |
| Mohammed Siraj | B | 3 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | B | 3 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | C | 1 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | C | 1 |
| Umesh Yadav | C | 1 |
| Hardik Pandya | C | 1 |
| Washington Sundar | C | 1 |
| Shubman Gill | C | 1 |
| Hanuma Vihari | C | 1 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | C | 1 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | C | 1 |
| Mayank Agarwal | C | 1 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | C | 1 |
| Deepak Chahar | C | 1 |
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