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Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay have been included in the Grade A category of annual contracts announced by the BCCI today. The trio joins Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane in the top category. The retainership for this grade of contract is now INR 2 crore, double what was offered to Grade-A contract holders when the previous list was out in November 2015.
The BCCI has also doubled the retainers for the remaining two categories. Players in Grade B will now fetch INR 1 crore (USD 150,000 approx) while those in Grade C will get INR 50 lakh (USD 75,000) per year.
Also, the match fee per ODI and T20I has been doubled; players will now earn INR 6 lakh (USD 9,000 approx) per ODI and INR 3 lakh (USD 4,500 approx) per T20I. For Test match fees, the BCCI has stuck to the decision taken last October to increase the amount from INR 7 lakh (USD 10,000 approx) to INR 15 lakh (USD 23,000 approx).
Grade A (Rs 2 crore per year): Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, M Vijay
Grade B (Rs 1 crore per year): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh
Grade C (Rs 50 lakh per year): Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Ashish Nehra, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Jayant Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Rishabh Pant
Suresh Raina has not been given contract.
India Cricket News: Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay given top BCCI contracts | ESPN Cricinfo
The BCCI has also doubled the retainers for the remaining two categories. Players in Grade B will now fetch INR 1 crore (USD 150,000 approx) while those in Grade C will get INR 50 lakh (USD 75,000) per year.
Also, the match fee per ODI and T20I has been doubled; players will now earn INR 6 lakh (USD 9,000 approx) per ODI and INR 3 lakh (USD 4,500 approx) per T20I. For Test match fees, the BCCI has stuck to the decision taken last October to increase the amount from INR 7 lakh (USD 10,000 approx) to INR 15 lakh (USD 23,000 approx).
Grade A (Rs 2 crore per year): Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, M Vijay
Grade B (Rs 1 crore per year): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvraj Singh
Grade C (Rs 50 lakh per year): Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Ashish Nehra, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Jayant Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Rishabh Pant
Suresh Raina has not been given contract.
India Cricket News: Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay given top BCCI contracts | ESPN Cricinfo