The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the annual player contracts for Team India (senior men) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021.

There were four grades announced, as per usual, with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah being retained in the top tier A+ grade. While Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar received a downgrade from their previous tiers, Hardik Pandya climbed to Grade A and Shardul Thakur moved up a rung to Grade B.

Shubman Gill, Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj were the new entrants, while Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav were left out from the previous cycle.

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A total of 28 players have been given annual contracts by the BCCI.

Payment structure for senior men's team

Period Grade A +  Grade A Grade B  Grade C
Oct 2020 to Sept 2021 INR 7 Cr INR 5 Cr INR 3 Cr INR 1 Cr

BCCI player contracts

Grade A+ Grade A Grade B Grade C
Virat Kohli R Ashwin Wriddhiman Saha Kuldeep Yadav
Rohit Sharma Ravindra Jadeja Umesh Yadav Navdeep Saini
Jasprit Bumrah Cheteshwar Pujara Bhuvneshwar Kumar Deepak Chahar
Ajinkya Rahane Shardul Thakur Shubman Gill
Shikhar Dhawan Mayank Agarwal Hanuma Vihari
KL Rahul Axar Patel
Mohammed Shami Shreyas Iyer
Ishant Sharma Washington Sundar
Rishabh Pant Yuzvendra Chahal
Hardik Pandya Mohammed Siraj

Changes from October 2019 to September 2020:

  • Hardik up to Grade A from B
  • Bhuvneshwar down to Grade B from A
  • Kuldeep down to Grade C from A
  • Chahal down to Grade C from B
  • Shardul from Grade C to B
  • Added at Grade C level: Gill, Axar, Siraj
  • Out of the contracts: Kedar, Manish