BCCI Annual Player Contracts Announced: Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami Awarded Top Bracket; Grade C Introduced for Indian Women Team
It comes as a good news that the BCCI has decided to introduce a Grade C contract for the women’s team. Senior players Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Smriti Mandhana were all awarded the Grade A contract.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Annual Player contracts were announced by the Committee of Administrators (CoA), appointed by the Supreme Court of India, on March 07, 2018. The contracts were announced for both, Indian Men and Women team. Also, the Domestic match fee structure witnessed a 200 percent hike in every category.
The BCCI introduced two new categories in its latest pay-structure, i.e. (i) Grade A+ for Senior Men Team, (ii) Grade C for Senior Women Team. The period of these annual player contracts announced by the BCCI will be from October 2017 to September 2018.
Newly Formed Grades by BCCI for Indian Senior Women Team:
| Grade | A | B | C |
| Amount | Rs. 50 Lakhs | Rs. 30 Lakhs | Rs. 10 Lakhs |
It comes as a good news that the BCCI has decided to introduce a Grade C contract for the women’s team. Senior players Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Smriti Mandhana were all awarded the Grade A contract. We, at LatestLY, bring to you the full pay structure of Indian Senior Women Team:
| Grade | Amount | Players |
| Grade A | Rs. 50 Lakhs | Mithali Raj |
| Jhulan Goswami | ||
| Harmanpreet Kaur | ||
| Smriti Mandhana | ||
| Grade B | Rs. 30 Lakhs | Poonam Yadav |
| Veda Krishnamurthy | ||
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad | ||
| Ekta Bisht | ||
| Shikha Pandey | ||
| Deepti Sharma | ||
| Grade C | Rs. 10 Lakhs | Mansi Joshi |
| Anuja Patil | ||
| Mona Meshram | ||
| Nuzhat Parveen | ||
| Sushma Verma | ||
| Punam Raut | ||
| Jemimah Rodrigues | ||
| Pooja Vastrakar | ||
| Taniya Bhatia | ||
There were eyebrows raised when the BCCI announced the Annual Player Contracts lists last evening. Former India Captain MS Dhoni missed on Grade A+ contract, and fast-bowler Mohammed Shami’s contract was withheld after he was dragged into a controversy by his wife – Hasin Jahan. The BCCI’s press release stated, “The CoA was of the view that the performance and position of Indian Cricket need to be recognised with the fee structure comparable to the best in the world.” With the introduction of two new categories, it seems the BCCI is taking corrective steps, slowly but gradually, in the right direction!
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