Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin were dropped from the top category (A +) of the Central Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In this category, only five players, including captain Virat Kohli, have got the chance.
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, fast bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Boomerah are also in addition to Kohli in the top category under the new contract announced by the BCCI.
Under the agreement, these five players will get an annual income of Rs 7 crore each.
Dhoni and Ashwin dropped one point below the 'A' category. They are also with Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Riddiman Saha. These seven players will get five crore rupees annually.
Meanwhile, pacer Mohammad Sami has been suspended for the offensive behavior with his wife. Yuvraj Singh and young Rishab were dropped in the central contract with Suresh Raina.
Regarding Dhoni's removal from the top category, a senior BCCI official said, it is very normal that the selectors have asked for such a thing. But the more they play, the more income they earn.
At the moment, the top five players who have been + + + in a three-form format are themselves proving themselves. These categories deserve them.
The official said about how the players from this category have been selected, those who are in the second group have confirmed their position in at least one form. Such as Saha and Pujara They are in this group because they have to trust in a format.Dhoni retired from limited-overs cricket, Ashwin and Jadeja are no longer permanent in this format.
The new contract will include K. Rahul Dravid, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Juwendra Chahal, Hersing Pandeya, Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Karthik. Every year, every player will get three crore rupees in B category.
Meanwhile, in the C category, Kader Yadav, Manish Pandey, Axer Patel, Nayar, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel and Jayanta Yadav These players will earn a million rupees annually.
The BCCI official said there are players in the B category who are floating, who can be used in any format for the time required. India has played at least one match in the last one year and has been kept in the C category.
The contract will continue till September of this year from September to September this year. According to the previous agreement, where the top-rated players got Rs 20 crore, this amount has increased by 350 percent to 7 crore rupees.
The second category has increased by 500 percent to 5 crore rupees.
There are good news in domestic cricket as well as international cricketers. Each player of the main eleven of the four-day cricket will get 35,000 rupees per day. The match fee has been increased from 40 thousand rupees to 1.40 lakh rupees.
In the women's category, World Cup star Mitali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Manhana are in the top category. The BCCI's annual contract with them is Rs 50 lakhs.