India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been promoted to A plus whereas batter KL Rahul has been demoted to Grade B within the newest BCCI 2022-23 annual contracts checklist launched on Sunday.
India skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and pacer Jasprit Bumrah have been retained within the A plus class with Jadeja, previously in Grade A, being the brand new addition.
The BCCI has 4 classes – A+ which has annual remuneration of Rs 7 crore. A, B and C classes are valued at Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.
From final yr’s Grade A class, off-spinner R Ashwin, pacer Mohammed Shami and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant have been retained whereas KL Rahul has been demoted. All-rounders Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel have been promoted from C and B, respectively to A
Along with Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, Mohd. Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill are in Grade B class.
Grade C contains the next gamers – Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh and KS Bharat.
Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Mayank Agarwal and Deepak Chahar have been dropped from final yr’s checklist of 27 gamers.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com