Yasswi Jaiswal scored two consecutive double centuries in the ongoing Test series against England. The Indian opener, who stole the limelight at home, is expected to be included in the central contract. For the first time, BCCI has signed a contract with him. Jaiswal, who was appointed in July 2023, got a seat in B grade.
Along with the 22-year-old batsman in the same category are Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel. In December 2022, Pant, who played his last cricket game on a tour of Bangladesh, was injured in a fatal road accident. He dropped from A to B grade. He is supposed to return to cricket with IPL.
The governing body for cricket in India released the list of new central contracts on Wednesday. Last time, the board signed a contract with 26 players, but this time, 30 cricketers have been included.
There were reports of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer not getting a deal due to neglecting domestic cricket and prioritizing IPL preparations. That is true. None of the two were kept.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have retained their place in the A Plus category, the top level of the contract.
Shubman Gill and Lokesh Rahul have been promoted. They have been promoted from B to A grade, alongside Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami and Hardik Pandya.
Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Hooda and Yuzvendra Chahal have been dropped. New names – Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Prasiddha Krishna, Abesh Khan and Rajat Patidar. All of them are in C category.
BCCI said in a statement, like last year, every cricketer who has played at least three Tests or eight ODIs or 10 T20Is will be included in Grade C. In that case, Dhruv Jurel and Sarfraz Khan, who played two Test matches in Dharamshala, will be contracted as players of this category.
Grade A Plus: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A: Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Lokesh Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya
Grade B: Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Yasshwi Jaiswal
Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Abesh Khan, Rajat Patidar
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