Ravindra Jadeja Promoted, Kl Rahul Demoted As BCCI Announce Central Contract For 2022-23 Season

The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday introduced the annual contract of the Indian males’s cricket workforce for October 2022 to September 2023 season. Gamers have been positioned beneath 4 classes — A+, A, B and C. Gamers positioned within the prime class (A+) will earn Rs 7 crore. Gamers positioned within the grade A class will earn Rs 5 crore yearly. Grade B class gamers will earn Rs 3 crore yearly. A complete of 11 gamers within the grade C class will probably be paid Rs 1 crore by the BCCI.

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As per the newest funds construction by the apex board, 4 gamers have been positioned in grade A+ contract, 5 gamers have been stored in grade A, six gamers in grade B grade and 11 gamers in grade C. This time solely Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been given a Grade A+ contract. 

Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel acquired grade A contracts. Cheteshwar Pujara, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill acquired grade B contracts. Whereas, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh and KS Bharat acquired grade C contracts.

Ravindra Jadeja, who was earlier in grade A, acquired a good-looking promotion for his heroics in recently-concluded IND vs AUS Checks as he acquired a grade A+ contract from BCCI. Hardik Pandya, who was earlier in grade C, has been given grade A contract for 2022-23 season. Axar Patel has been promoted from grade B to grade A.

‘Underneath-fire’ KL Rahul, after being eliminated as India’s Check vice-captain because of a protracted lean patch within the format, was demoted from grade A to B. World’s no. 1 T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav and gifted teen Shubman Gill have been promoted from grade C to B. Shardul Thakur has been promoted from grade B to C. Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma, who have been earlier in grade B, have been dropped from the BCCI central contract for 2022-23 season.