The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the new Annual Player Contracts for the period from October 2017 to September 2018 for Indian cricketers.
Here are the highlight of new payment structure-
- Team India (Senior Men)
(i) Introduction of a new category : A+
(ii) New retainership fee structure
Period |
Grade A + |
Grade A |
Grade B |
Grade C |
Oct 2017 to Sept 2018 |
INR 7 Cr |
INR 5 Cr |
INR 3 Cr |
INR 1 Cr |
- Team India (Senior Women)
(i) Introduction of a new category : C
Period |
Grade A |
Grade B |
Grade C |
Oct 2017 to Sept 2018 |
INR 50 Lakhs |
INR 30 Lakhs |
INR 10 Lakhs |
- Domestic Cricket (Season 2017-18)
(i) Focus on the increase in Match fee and an upfront payment model for Domestic Cricketers
- The Domestic Match fee structure will witness an over 200 per cent hike in each category.
Men’s Domestic (Fee per day) |
INR |
INR |
Category |
Playing XI |
Reserves |
Senior |
35,000 |
17,500 |
U23 |
17,500 |
8,750 |
U19 |
10,500 |
5,250 |
U16 |
3,500 |
1,750 |
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Women’s Domestic (Fee per day) |
INR |
INR |
Category |
Playing XI |
Reserves |
Senior |
12,500 |
6,250 |
U23 |
5,500 |
2,750 |
U19 / U16 |
5,500 |
2,750 |
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- T20 match fee = 50 % of the respective category.
Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men)
Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
A + |
1 |
Mr Virat Kohli |
2 |
Mr Rohit Sharma |
3 |
Mr Shikhar Dhawan |
4 |
Mr Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
5 |
Mr Jasprit Bumrah |
|
A |
1 |
Mr Ravichandran Ashwin |
2 |
Mr Ravindra Jadeja |
3 |
Mr Murali Vijay |
4 |
Mr Cheteshwar Pujara |
5 |
Mr Ajinkya Rahane |
6 |
Mr MS Dhoni |
7 |
Mr Wridhhiman Saha |
|
B |
1 |
Mr KL Rahul |
2 |
Mr Umesh Yadav |
3 |
Mr Kuldeep Yadav |
4 |
Mr Yuzvendra Chahal |
5 |
Mr Hardik Pandya |
6 |
Mr Ishant Sharma |
7 |
Mr Dinesh Karthik |
|
C |
1 |
Mr Kedar Jadhav |
2 |
Mr Manish Pandey |
3 |
Mr Axar Patel |
4 |
Mr Karun Nair |
5 |
Mr Suresh Raina |
6 |
Mr Parthiv Patel |
7 |
Mr Jayant Yadav |
Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Women)
Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
A |
1 |
Ms Mithali Raj |
2 |
Ms Jhulan Goswami |
3 |
Ms Harmanpreet Kaur |
4 |
Ms Smriti Mandhana |
|
B |
1 |
Ms Poonam Yadav |
2 |
Ms Veda Krishnamurthy |
3 |
Ms Rajeshwari Gayakwad |
4 |
Ms Ekta Bisht |
5 |
Ms Shikha Pandey |
6 |
Ms Deepti Sharma |
|
C |
1 |
Ms Mansi Joshi |
2 |
Ms Anuja Patil |
3 |
Ms Mona Meshram |
4 |
Ms Nuzhat Parveen |
5 |
Ms Sushma Verma |
6 |
Ms Punam Raut |
7 |
Ms Jemimah Rodrigues |
8 |
Ms Pooja Vastrakar |
9 |
Ms Taniya Bhatia |