Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announce the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2022-2023 season.
In the pay scale, batter KL Rahul was demote to Grade B while all rounder Ravindra Jadeja was promote to A+ category.
The Grade A+ players are Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja who will earn Rs 7 crore annually.
Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel are just below them in the Grade A category and will pocket around Rs 5 crore.
Cheteshwar Pujara, K L Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohd. Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill are in Grade B and will earn around Rs 3 crore and Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh and KS Bharat are all in Grade D and will get approx. Rs 1 crore.
Ishant Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane who were given Grade B contracts in 2021-2022 season have not included this time and Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, and Deepak Chahar were also remove after they were on Grade C contracts last time.
The elite A plus category has players who are a sure shot candidate for all three formats, while ‘A’ comprises cricketers who are certainties for Tests and one-dayers.
Players who are consider for limited-over cricket are in Group B, while C group players are generally consider for one of the three formats regularly.
The payment structures are as follows :
Team India (Senior Men)
| Period | Grade A + | Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
| Oct 2022 to Sept 2023 | INR 7 Cr | INR 5 Cr | INR 3 Cr | INR 1 Cr |
Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men)
| Grade | Name | |
| A+ | Rohit Sharma | |
| Virat Kohli | ||
| Jasprit Bumrah | ||
| Ravindra Jadeja | ||
| A | Hardik Pandya | |
| R Ashwin | ||
| Mohd. Shami | ||
| Rishabh Pant | ||
| Axar Patel | ||
| B | Cheteshwar Pujara | |
| K L Rahul | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | ||
| Mohd. Siraj | ||
| Suryakumar Yadav | ||
| Shubhman Gill | ||
| C | Umesh Yadav | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | ||
| Shardul Thakur | ||
| Ishan Kishan | ||
| Deepak Hooda | ||
| Yuzvendra Chahal | ||
| Kuldeep Yadav | ||
| Washington Sundar | ||
| Sanju Samson | ||
| Arshdeep Singh | ||
| KS Bharat |
