Five of the 26 players have been promoted in the annual contract, two have been demoted while keeping their contract, six others who were not contracted in the previous cycle have been added to the current list, and seven have lost their contracts.
The Annual Player Contracts for the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team for the 2022-23 season, which runs from October 2022 to September 2023, were announced on Sunday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Here, we take a look at the biggest gainers, loser, new additions and lust of players who lost their annual contracts…
BIGGEST WINNERS:
- Ravindra Jadeja: Promoted from Grade A (INR 5 cr) to A+ (INR 7 cr)
- Hardik Pandya: Promoted from Grade C (INR 1 cr) to A (INR 5 cr)
- Axar Patel: Promoted from B (INR 3 cr) to A (INR 5 cr)
- Suryakumar Yadav: Promoted from Grade C (INR 1 cr) to B (INR 3 cr)
- Shubman Gill: Promoted from Grade C (INR 1 cr) to B (INR 3 cr)
THE BIGGEST LOSERS:
KL Rahul has been demoted from Grade A (INR 5 crore) to Grade B. (INR 3 cr)
Shardul Thakur has been demoted from Grade B (INR 3 cr) to Grade C. (INR 1 Cr):
Grade C now includes Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, and KS Bharat (INR 1 crore).
PLAYERS WHO HAVE LOST ANNUAL CONTRACTS:
Veteran Indian cricketers Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma were both assigned to the Grade B category (INR 5 crore) in the previous BCCI contract list, but were not given new contracts for the 2022-23 season. Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, and Deepak Chahar were all dropped from the Grade C (INR 1 crore) list.