BCCI contracts: Hardik Pandya set for demotion to Grade C

 Hardik Pandya has experienced a significant downsizing in the Central Contracts to be given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) before long. Among the 27 players who will be granted agreements for the 2021-22 season, the BCCI has set Pandya, when considered one of the most important players in Indian cricket, in Grade C. Opener Shikhar Dhawan has likewise been indistinguishably downsized from Grade A to Grade C.

Dhawan's C grade, it has been clarified by the individuals who are conscious of the turn of events, is obviously on the grounds that he plays just one arrangement - the ODIs. In any case, no great reason was approaching on Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant, who keep on being in A rundown.

Both are programmed decisions for every one of the three organizations and are demonstrated match-victors. Notwithstanding, there is no advancement for them this time around and the two will be entitled for yearly retainership of Rs 5 crore alongside three others - KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammad Shami.

Jadeja, truth be told, was once a subject of discussion for his 2nd grade with many review that he should have been in the A+ class. Be that as it may, it isn't to be during the current year. The rundown is helmed by the unaltered threesome of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, each of the three not so shockingly holding their A+ status, which promises them a yearly retainership of Rs 7 crore.

The rundown, concluded by a virtual gathering of the BCCI Apex Council on Wednesday (March 2), sees an unexpected advancement for Axar Patel, who is in Grade B and expected downgrade for Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, who have additionally been set in Grade B. The two veterans, who framed the support of the Indian Test center request not excessively lengthy, are never again some portion of the five-day side and not so shockingly, have descended the hierarchy.

There has been a not kidding banter over the fates of Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha as of late however both have been granted agreements, in but various grades. While the Delhi pacer finds his name in B class, the Bengal wicketkeeper, who was as of late in an off-field debate, has been pushed to Grade C.

Ishant's future with the Indian group is viewed as questionable and in the course of the most recent one year, he has been playing for India rather inconsistently, either because of injury or on account of unfortunate structure. Mohammed Siraj, who has come up the positions lately, has been elevated from Grade C to B.

Central contract

Grade A+ (Rs 7 crore)

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah

Grade A (Rs 5 crore)

Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant

Grade B (Rs 3 crore)

Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma

Grade C (Rs 1 crore)

Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Mayank Agarwal