There were some big movements in the central contracts of Team India as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the Annual Player Contracts for the upcoming 2022-23 season.
In total, as many as 26 cricketers were included in BCCI’s star-studded list, as the likes of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel got promoted whereas many others including the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar among others were left out.
The biggest surprise came for KL Rahul, the 30-year-old who was previously promoted to vice-captain and has been demoted in the latest Annual Player Contracts list.
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The BCCI central contract list includes four separate categories for players, ‘A+’ for players on INR 7 crore, ‘A’ for players at INR 5 crore, ‘B’ for players at INR 3 crore, and ‘C’ for players at INR 1 crore.
Jadeja was promoted from Grade A to Grade A+ joining the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the top bracket whereas Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel were pushed up to Grade A from Grade C and Grade B respectively.
Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, and KS Bharat all got promoted whereas Shardul Thakur was dropped from Grade B to C.
Many former stars such as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha and Deepak Chahar among others were left out of the central contracts list.
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Fans reacted to BCCI’s announcement as many were worried about Rahul’s demotion whereas some users celebrated Sanju Samson’s place in the contracts list, while some questioned Umran Malik’s exclusion.
Check how fans reacted:
Tad surprising to see Umran Malik missing out on BCCI Central contract and road for Rahane and Bhuvi too seems clear after no contract. #CricketTwitter— Unnikrishnan (@unni1974) March 26, 2023
Sanju Samson returns to the BCCI central contract after 8 long years, since 2022:In T20I: 36.8 Avg & 154.62 SrIn ODI: 71 Avg & 105.58 Sr
Welcome back, Samson, time to make it big. #sanjusamson
— The Cricket Keeda (@ThtCricketBloke) March 27, 2023
Congratulations Arshdeep Singh and Sanju Samson both are in the central contract of BCCI ???????????????? #BCCI #ArshdeepSingh #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/qe94RJ4Law— SubhashChandraPatel????????82* (@PunjabKings_Fan) March 26, 2023
Deepak Chahar isn’t in the central contract of BCCI????????— Hustler (@HustlerCSK) March 26, 2023
Shardul Thakur demoted to Grade C in central contract.– He is your only choice for 4th seamer in overseas tests.– He is your only choice for #8 in ODIs if you want to play Kulcha together or play 4 seamers due to dew.What could be the reason? #IPL #BCCI pic.twitter.com/obdTrKbCIc— The Cricket Statistician (@CricketSatire) March 27, 2023
Last few months for KL Rahul:– Dropped from the T20i team.– Vice captaincy was taken away from him.– Dropped from the Test team.– Demoted in the central contract from Grade A to Grade B.
– A strong comeback is needed from KL!#BCCI #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/02mJwCqjNU
— Virat Fan Page (@sonagaravishal6) March 27, 2023
Lost leadership roles in Indian team and now move down in Central contract @klrahul you have to Comeback in T20i & TEST like you’re debuting again for India, same energy same consistency.We fans want our old fearless kl Rahul in Indian team. Please Comeback for us.#KLRahul #IPL pic.twitter.com/8NSA29ZSGm— Sonu (@Sonu_jat18) March 26, 2023
KL Rahul from the last 5 months :-• Dropped From T20is and Tests.• Removed from the Vice Captaincy role in all Formats .•Demoted A to B in the BCCI Central Contract.
Everything going Wrong for him !#KLRahul pic.twitter.com/WtKVldHcFZ
— Vinith (@VinithStats) March 27, 2023
For the unversed, the players in the top A+ bracket are those who are certain starters in all three formats for India, whereas ‘A’ category players are regular in Tests and ODIs. Those in the ‘B’ category are considered for limited-over cricket while group ‘C’ players feature in one of the three formats regularly.
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