All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja got a big promotion as BCCI announced its latest central contracts list.
While Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & the injured Jasprit Bumrah retained their A+ contract that is worth ₹7 CR, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja became the latest entrant to the top category.
Grade A slab that has a retainer of ₹5 CR has Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohd Shami & Rishabh Pant. Axar Patel, who was in the B category last year has also been promoted to Grade A, while KL Rahul has been demoted to the B category.
Full list:
Grade A+ - ₹7 CR
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah & Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A - ₹5 CR
Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Mohd Shami, Rishabh Pant & Axar Patel
Grade B - ₹3 CR
Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohd Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav & Shubman Gill
Grade C - ₹1 CR
Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh & KS Bharat
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