Salary of Indian Cricketers
The BCCI has announced its player contracts for the 2023-24 season, with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah among those retaining Grade A status.
The contracts also saw several promotions and demotions, with Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, and Shubman Gill among the biggest beneficiaries.
Notable omissions from the list include Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, and Deepak Chahar.
GRADE A (INR 7 Cr)
- Virat Kohli (retained)
- Rohit Sharma (retained)
- Jasprit Bumrah (retained)
- Hardik pandya promoted from C to A
GRADE A+ (INR 5 Cr)
- Ravindra Jadeja promoted to A+
GRADE B (INR 3 Cr)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar (retained)
- Rishabh Pant (retained)
- KL Rahul (retained)
- Mohammed Shami (retained)
- Shubman Gill (promoted from Grade C)
- Suryakumar Yadav (retained)
GRADE C (INR 1 Cr)
This is the list of players who are either promoted, demoted or newly added to the list of contracts of players.
- Yuzvendra Chahal (retained)
- Deepak Chahar (retained)
- Shreyas Iyer (retained)
- Axar Patel (retained)
- Shardul Thakur (retained)
- Washington Sundar (retained)
- Ishan Kishan (retained)
- Mayank Agarwal (retained)
- Sanju Samson (retained)
- Kuldeep Yadav (retained)
- Hanuma Vihari (retained)
- Arshdeep Singh (retained)
- KS Bharat (retained)
Not Retained:
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Ishant Sharma
- Wriddhiman Saha
As we can see, there are some major changes in the contracts list this year. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah have retained their Grade A contracts, while Ravindra Jadeja has been promoted to Grade A+.
Hardik Pandya is the only player in Grade A+ this year. Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav have both been promoted to Grade B, while several players have retained their contracts in Grades B and C.
It’s worth noting that several players have not been retained, including Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, and Wriddhiman Saha. It will be interesting to see how these changes affect the Indian cricket team’s performance in the upcoming season.