BCCI Annual Contracts 2022-23: Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya earn big promotions, KL Rahul demoted

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• Mar 27, 2023 | Guriya Khatun

Jadeja has joined the ranks of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah in the BCCI's A plus contract category, which pays players Rs 7 crore per year.

Digital Desk: As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2022-23 season on Sunday, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was the biggest gainer, while under-pressure batter KL Rahul was among those demoted.

Jadeja joined Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah in the BCCI's A plus contract category, which pays players Rs 7 crore per year. Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel were also big winners after being promoted to the A category from the C and B categories, respectively. A is paid Rs 5 crore, while B is paid Rs 3 crore and C is paid Rs 1 crore.

KL Rahul was demoted from A to B, and Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were removed from their contracts. Sanju Samson received his first contract and was assigned to the C grade.

Here is the list of BCCI contract announcements

Grade A+: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja

Grade A:  Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant

Grade B: KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill

Grade C: Sanju Samson, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat