The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts 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.
The payment structures are as under-
- Team India (Senior Men)
| Period | Grade A + | Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
| Oct 2020 to Sept 2021 | INR 7 Cr | INR 5 Cr | INR 3 Cr | INR 1 Cr |
Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men)
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| A+ | 1 | Mr Virat Kohli |
| 2 | Mr Rohit Sharma | |
| 3 | Mr Jasprit Bumrah | |
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| A | 1 | Mr Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 2 | Mr Ravindra Jadeja | |
| 3 | Mr Cheteshwar Pujara | |
| 4 | Mr Ajinkya Rahane | |
| 5 | Mr Shikhar Dhawan | |
| 6 | Mr K L Rahul | |
| 7 | Mr Mohd. Shami | |
| 8 | Mr Ishant Sharma | |
| 9 | Mr Rishabh Pant | |
| 10 | Mr Hardik Pandya | |
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| B | 1 | Mr Wriddhiman Saha |
| 2 | Mr Umesh Yadav | |
| 3 | Mr Bhuvneshwar Kumar | |
| 4 | Mr Shardul Thakur | |
| 5 | Mr Mayank Agarwal | |
| Grade | S.No. | Athletes |
| C | 1 | Mr Kuldeep Yadav |
| 2 | Mr Navdeep Saini | |
| 3 | Mr Deepak Chahar | |
| 4 | Mr Shubman Gill | |
| 5 | Mr Hanuma Vihari | |
| 6 | Mr Axar Patel | |
| 7 | Mr Shreyas Iyer | |
| 8 | Mr Washington Sundar | |
| 9 | Mr Yuzvendra Chahal | |
| 10 | Mr Md. Siraj | |
