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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has lately introduced the annual central contracts for the senior males’s Indian crew, which introduced excellent news for a lot of cricketers financially and when it comes to job safety. While Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, and Axar Patel received promotions, some gamers reminiscent of KL Rahul received demoted. In addition, new gamers like Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, and Deepak Hooda obtained their maiden annual BCCI contracts.
Jadeja, who was beforehand in Grade A with a wage of INR 5 crore, was upgraded to Grade A+ with a wage of INR 7 crore. This grade had solely been occupied by Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah for the final couple of years. Meanwhile, gamers in Grade C, reminiscent of Samson, Hooda, Arshdeep, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav (returning after a one-yr hole), and KS Bharat, will all earn INR 1 crore.
Interestingly, even gamers in Grade C will earn greater than what Pakistan gamers within the prime bracket earn. The gamers within the prime bracket for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) earn 1.25 million PKR monthly, which interprets to INR 43.44 Lakh per yr. This is 12 instances lower than what Kohli, Rohit, and Bumrah earn and even lower than half of what Samson will earn in Grade C. Only Babar, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, and Imam-ul-Haq are within the prime bracket of purple and white-ball contracts for PCB.
However, there have been additionally some demotions within the contracts. Rahul, who was lately stripped of vice-captaincy in ODIs and Tests, has been demoted from Grade A to Grade B with a wage of INR 3 crore. Dhawan, who has misplaced his place in all three codecs, stayed in Grade C. Shardul Thakur was additionally demoted from Grade B to Grade C.
Overall, the BCCI’s announcement of the annual central contracts for the senior males’s Indian crew introduced excellent news for a lot of cricketers, particularly financially. The upgrades, promotions, and maiden contracts present the potential for newer skills within the Indian cricket crew.
