Promotion of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja, demotion for KL Rahul

The Yearly Contract List of Team India Players for the 2022–2023 Season has been made public by BCCI. After receiving a promotion, star all-arounder Ravindra Jadeja has improved to grade A+. Also, KL Rahul was downgraded from Category A to Grade B. A total of 26 players have been allocated spots on the contract list by BCCI.

Contracts distributed in 4 categories

On Sunday, March 26, the Indian Board released the player contracts for the 2022–23 campaign. These contracts have been awarded in 4 categories in accordance with the rules that have been in place for the past few years. The A+ category will receive the most money in this, or Rs 7 crore every year. A category player then receives 5 crores. In B grade, there are 3 crore rupees, and in C grade, 1 crore rupees. They are separated based on the players who participate in various forms.

In the top category, there are now 4 players instead of 3 for the first time. Just Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah have been in the A+ category during the past three years. Now Ravindra Jadeja, who has excelled in all three formats and has consistently been a member of Team India's starting XI in each one, has also been included to this. Jadeja once belonged to the A category.

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