BCCI Central Contract Players List – All 4 Grades

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2023-24 season (October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024).

Athletes who meet the criteria of playing a minimum of 3 Tests or 8 ODIs or 10 T20Is within the specified period will automatically be included in Grade C on a pro-rata basis. For instance, Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan, having played 2 Test matches so far, will be inducted into Grade C if they participate in the Dharamsala Test Match, i.e., the 5th Test of the ongoing series against England.

Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations.

The Selection Committee has also recommended Fast Bowling contracts for the following athletes – Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal and Vidwath Kaverappa.

The BCCI has recommended that all athletes give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team.

BCCI’s Annual Player Contracts list for Team India (Senior Men) for the period 2023-24 are explained below:

BCCI Central Contract Players List 

Grade A+ Players

Players named under this list will receive a salary of INR 7 Crores annually. Following are the list of players who are listed under this grade:

1. Virat Kohli
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. Ravindra Jadeja

Grade A players 

Players named under this list will receive a salary of INR 5 crore annually. Following are the list of players who are listed under this grade:

1. R Ashwin
2. Mohammed Shami
3. Mohammed Siraj
4. KL Rahul
5. Shubman Gill
6. Hardik Pandya

Grade B players

Players named under this list will receive a salary of INR 3 crore annually. Following are the list of players who are listed under this grade:

1. Surya Kumar Yadav
2. Rishabh Pant
3. Kuldeep Yadav
4. Axar Patel
5. Yashasvi Jaiswal

Grade C players 

Players named under this list will receive a salary of INR 1 crore annually. Following are the list of players who are listed under this grade:

1. Rinku Singh
2. Tilak Verma
3. Ruturaj Gaekwad
4. Shardul Thakur
5. Shivam Dube
6. Ravi Bishnoi
7. Jitesh Sharma
8. Washington Sundar
9. Mukesh Kumar
10. Sanju Samson
11. Arshdeep Singh
12. KS Bharat
13. Prasidh Krishna
14. Avesh Khan
15. Rajat Patidar