Mohammed Shami's name has been ignored completely for the list.
Indian cricket players are set to receive a salary hike.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced a new contract system and compensation structure for Indian Cricket that will see the cricketers earn a lot more than what they used to in previous years. The BCCI have introduced a new grade system with introduction of a new category: Grade A+.
BCCI have also introduced a new retainership pay structure- Gread A+: Rs 7 Cr, Grade A: Rs 5 Cr, Grade B: Rs 3 Cr, Grade C: Rs 1 Cr.
Earlier, there was no Grade A+ in the list while Grade A players used to get Rs 2 Cr and Grade B and C cricketers received Rs 1 Cr and Rs 50 Lakh respectively.
Five players will receive Rs 7 Cr annually from BCCI as they have been placed in the top grade - Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Meanwhile, former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains in Grade A and will receive Rs 5 Cr per annum. Dhoni hasn't been playing Test cricket for a long time now and that is being seen by many as the reason why he wasn't promoted to Grade A+.
Dhoni is one of the seven players to be named in Grade A and the others are - Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Wridhhiman Saha.
Grade B players will be richer by Rs 3 Cr per annum and the seven cricketers are: KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel and Jayant Yadav will receive Rs 1 Cr each for being named in Group C.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami's name has been ignored completely for the list and he doesn't feature in any of the four groups formed by the BCCI for the calendar year for the period of October 2017 to September 2018.
"The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) for BCCI on Wednesday announced the Annual Player Contracts for the period from October 2017 to September 2018. The CoA was of the view that the performance and position of Indian Cricket needs to be recognised with the fee structure comparable to the best in the world," the BCCI said in a statement.
| Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men) |
| Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
| A + |
1 |
Mr Virat Kohli |
| |
2 |
Mr Rohit Sharma |
| |
3 |
Mr Shikhar Dhawan |
| |
4 |
Mr Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| |
5 |
Mr Jasprit Bumrah |
| A |
1 |
Mr Ravichandran Ashwin |
| |
2 |
Mr Ravindra Jadeja |
|
| |
3 |
Mr Murali Vijay |
| |
4 |
Mr Cheteshwar Pujara |
| |
5 |
Mr Ajinkya Rahane |
| |
6 |
Mr MS Dhoni |
| |
7 |
Mr Wridhhiman Saha |
| B |
1 |
Mr KL Rahul |
| |
2 |
Mr Umesh Yadav |
| |
3 |
Mr Kuldeep Yadav |
| |
4 |
Mr Yuzvendra Chahal |
| |
5 |
Mr Hardik Pandya |
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| |
6 |
Mr Ishant Sharma |
| |
7 |
Mr Dinesh Karthik |
| C |
1 |
Mr Kedar Jadhav |
| |
2 |
Mr Manish Pandey |
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| |
3 |
Mr Axar Patel |
| |
4 |
Mr Karun Nair |
|
| |
5 |
Mr Suresh Raina |
| |
6 |
Mr Parthiv Patel |
| |
7 |
Mr Jayant Yadav |
The Domestic Match fee structure will witness an over 200 per cent hike in each category.
| Men's Domestic (Fee per day) |
INR |
INR |
| Category |
Playing XI |
Reserves |
| Senior |
35,000 |
17,500 |
| U23 |
17,500 |
8,750 |
| U19 |
10,500 |
5,250 |
| U16 |
3,500 |
1,750 |
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