Virat Kohli’s salary will be reduced (Photo-PTI)Image Credit source: PTI
Team India Central Contract: BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, has decided to make a major change in the central contract. According to media reports, BCCI is going to remove A+ grade from the central contract. There are stalwarts like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja in A+ grade and now all four will have to face a big salary cut. Let us tell you that under BCCI’s Grade A Plus contract, players get Rs 7 crore annually, but now this grade will not be there. Now BCCI will keep only three categories, which will include A, B and C grades.
Big drop in Rohit-Virat’s salary
If reports are to be believed, there is going to be a big decline in the salaries of Rohit and Virat Kohli. Both these players will be shifted to B grade. At present, B grade players get Rs 3 crore annually. Meaning now Virat-Rohit will get Rs 3 crore instead of Rs 7 crore. Jadeja can also be shifted to B grade. Whereas Jasprit Bumrah can shift to A grade. The question is whether BCCI will still pay Rs 5 crore salary to A grade players, if this happens then Bumrah is also sure to suffer a loss of Rs 2 crore.
Which player has which contract
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has given central contracts to a total of 34 players, out of which 19 players have C grade contracts. At present there are a total of five players in B grade. 6 players have been kept in Grade A. There are four players in A+ grade.
A+ Grade: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.
a grade: Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant.
B Grade: Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer.
C Grade: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana.