BCCI releases annual contract list, Chahal, Kuldeep slips to Grade C

The Board for Control of Cricket in India has released the annual contract list of players (October 2020-September 2021).

In the updated list only Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah made their spot in A+ category. While Hardik Pandya has jumped from Grade B to Grade A.

India's star players of Australian tour like Mohammed Siraj, Shubhman Gill have also handed Grade C contract.

Meanwhile, the leg-spinning duos Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have also slipped down the contract pecking order, both getting Grade C.

India's annual player contracts list

Grade A+ (INR 7 Cr): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

Grade A (INR 5 Cr): Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya

Grade B (INR 3 Cr): Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal

Grade C (INR 1 Cr): Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj