BCCI announces annual player retainership 2020-21 for Team India: Virat and Rohit retain top spot
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced annual player retainership 2020-21 for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021.
A total of 28 cricketers were awarded central contracts in four categories.
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah remain in the highest payment bracket (Grade A+) which is Rs 7 crore.
Hardik Pandya was upgraded to Grade A, which is worth Rs 5 crore. Newbies Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj entered the list at Grade C which is worth Rs 1 crore.
Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was demoted to Grade B (worth Rs 3 crore). Kedar Jadhav was not offered the contract this time.
COMPLETE LIST:
GRADE A+ (Rs 7 crore): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah.
GRADE A (Rs 5 crore): R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya.
GRADE B (Rs 3 crore): Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal.
GRADE C (Rs 1 crore): Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari , Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj.