BCCI announces annual player contract: Virat, Rohit and Bumrah remain in Grade A+
BCCI announces annual player contract 2021: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021.
A total of 28 cricketers have been awarded central contracts in four categories. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah have been retained in the A+ category list.
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Meanwhile, Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya have been placed under Grade A contract.
BCCI's annual player contract 2021:
1. Team India (Senior Men)
| 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 |
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Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men)
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| A+ | 1 | Mr Virat Kohli |
| 2 | Mr Rohit Sharma | |
| 3 | Mr Jasprit Bumrah |
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| A | 1 | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 2 | Ravindra Jadeja | |
| 3 | Cheteshwar Pujara | |
| 4 | Ajinkya Rahane | |
| 5 | Shikhar Dhawan | |
| 6 | K L Rahul | |
| 7 | Mohd. Shami | |
| 8 | Ishant Sharma | |
| 9 | Rishabh Pant | |
| 10 | Hardik Pandya |
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| B | 1 | Wriddhiman Saha |
| 2 | Umesh Yadav | |
| 3 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | |
| 4 | Shardul Thakur | |
| 5 | Mayank Agarwal |
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| C | 1 | Kuldeep Yadav |
| 2 | Navdeep Saini | |
| 3 | Deepak Chahar | |
| 4 | Shubman Gill | |
| 5 | Hanuma Vihari | |
| 6 | Axar Patel | |
| 7 | Shreyas Iyer | |
| 8 | Washington Sundar | |
| 9 | Yuzvendra Chahal | |
| 10 | Md. Siraj |
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