The Indian cricket team is one of the richest cricket teams in the world. Indian cricket apart from being the richest, they are one of the strongest cricket teams. Having won the Cricket World Cup twice and T20 World Cup once, Indian National Cricket Team is very strong and getting better day by day. They are in a very good position in ICC rankings and are continuously improving.
Representing India in International Cricket, the Indian Cricket team is administered by BCCI. In 1931, BCCI acquired Test Status and is now a full member with Test, ODI, and T20 Status. The team is currently captained by Rohit Sharma and Coached by Rahul Dravid. India stands at 2nd place in Test, 4th in ODI, and 1st in T20.
All these feats are achieved only because of players. BCCI pays a huge amount to its players who are awarded the contract. The board is able to do so because of the income that is generated by BCCI. BCCI is the strongest board in ICC and every other country wants to play a bilateral series with India so that they also can earn.
Indian Cricket Players Salary 2022
BCCI released its central Contract on March 2, 2022, and some players achieved promotion whereas some were heavily demoted. The central Contract of BCCI consists of 4 categories which are:
Grade A+ – INR 7 Crore
Grade A – INR 5 Crore
Grade B – INR 3 Crore
Grade C – INR 1 Crore
27 cricketers have been awarded the central Contract this year. The number reduced from 28 to 27. Many players have been demoted and are awarded lower Contracts, let’s have a look at the various categories and the players awarded that category of contract.
Grade A+
This is the top category of the central Contract. Only a few players are awarded Grade A+ and this year only 3 Cricketers are awarded this category of contract. The cricketers awarded with an A+ grade will be receiving INR 7 Crore as annual remuneration. The players awarded with this contract are:
Virat Kohli
Jasprit Bumrah
Rohit Sharma
Grade A
The next category of the contract is the grade A contract. This category saw a massive downfall as only 5 players were included in this compared to 10 which was in the previous year. The players in this category are awarded an annual remuneration of INR 5 Crore and the players awarded with this category are:
R Ashwin
Ravindra Jadeja
Rishabh Pant
KL Rahul
Mohammad Shami
Grade B
Seven players have been included in the Grade B category which is the third category of Central Contract. The players in this category are awarded an annual remuneration of INR 3 Crore and the players who are awarded Grade B category are:
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ajinkya Rahane
Axar Patel
Shardul Thakur
Shreyas Iyer
Mohammed Siraj
Ishant Sharma
Grade C
This is the final category of Contract and has the maximum players under this. The players in this category are awarded an annual remuneration of INR 1 Crore and the players who are awarded Grade C Category are:
Shikhar Dhawan
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Washington Sundar
Shubman Gill
Yuzvendra Chahal
Suryakumar Yadav
Mayank Agarwal