Towards the end of ongoing Home Season, BCCI announced a huge pay hike for Team India Cricketers. The
Grade A Cricketers: Rs 2 crore per Annum (Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay and Ravindra Jadeja).
Grade B Cricketers: Rs 1 crore per Annum (Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Yuvraj Singh).
Grade C Cricketers: Rs 50 lakh per Annum (Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Ashish Nehra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant, Mandeep Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur).
Pujara, Murali Vijay and Ravindra Jadeja have been promoted to Grade A. Last year, Pujara & Vijay were in Grade B and Jadeja in Grade C.
KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha have been promoted from Grade C to Grade B. Whereas, Shikhar Dhawan was demoted to Grade C because of his poor form.
While Yuvraj Singh is in Grade B, Ashish Nehra managed to be in Grade C. Suresh Raina's name went missing completely. Even Harbhajan Singh and Gambhir weren't included in the list.
Salaries per Tests (Rs 15 lakh per Match), ODIs (Rs 6 lakh per Match) and T20s (Rs 3 lakh per Match). Matches played since October 1st last year will be taken into account.
Grade A Cricketers: Rs 2 crore per Annum (Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay and Ravindra Jadeja).
Grade B Cricketers: Rs 1 crore per Annum (Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Yuvraj Singh).
Grade C Cricketers: Rs 50 lakh per Annum (Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Ashish Nehra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant, Mandeep Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur).
Pujara, Murali Vijay and Ravindra Jadeja have been promoted to Grade A. Last year, Pujara & Vijay were in Grade B and Jadeja in Grade C.
KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha have been promoted from Grade C to Grade B. Whereas, Shikhar Dhawan was demoted to Grade C because of his poor form.
While Yuvraj Singh is in Grade B, Ashish Nehra managed to be in Grade C. Suresh Raina's name went missing completely. Even Harbhajan Singh and Gambhir weren't included in the list.
Salaries per Tests (Rs 15 lakh per Match), ODIs (Rs 6 lakh per Match) and T20s (Rs 3 lakh per Match). Matches played since October 1st last year will be taken into account.