With the Board of Control for Cricket in India saying a brand new set of central contracts for its male cricketers for the 12 months 2023, former India skipper Virat Kohli has retained his place within the prime A+ class of gamers incomes Rs. 7 crore each year.
An annual wage that’s greater than 12 instances that of Babar Azam, not too long ago below the central contract of the Pakistan Cricket Board for 2022/23. The Pakistan captain is positioned below the crimson and white-ball contract class of gamers, incomes 1.25 million PKR (Pakistan rupee) per thirty days. amounting to INR 43,50,000 each year. Which is nearly 12 instances lower than what Kohli is getting below the brand new contract.
The top-level wage in PCB contracts is lower than half the annual wage of BCCI’s C-category centrally contracted gamers like Sanju Samson and Arshdeep Singh. Apart from Babar, the top-tier class in PCB central contracts consists of Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Imam-ul-Haq and Hasan Ali.
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The BCCI on Sunday introduced the up to date contract classes, during which KL Rahul was demoted to Grade B whereas all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was promoted to A+ class.
Along with Jadeja and Kohli, skipper Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are the opposite members of the top-tier class.
Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel are just under him within the Grade A class and can get round Rs 5 crore every.
The Elite A+ class consists of gamers who’re sure-shot candidates for all three codecs, whereas ‘A’ consists of cricketers who’re confirmed for Tests and ODIs. Players thought-about for restricted overs cricket are in Group B, whereas Group C gamers are typically thought-about for one of many three codecs frequently.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
