New Delhi: All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been promoted to the highest grade of annual contracts by India’s cricket board after his stellar showing following a comeback from injury.Jadeja, a left-arm spinner and an attacking batsman, is now alongside captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah in the A plus category, meaning an annual salary of $850,000.The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the list of players for the four grades including A, B and C late on Sunday for the period from October 2022 to September 2023.The 34-year-old Jadeja, who has moved up from grade A, took 22 wickets and scored 135 runs in a recent four-Test series against Australia and kept up his batting form in the three ODIs.Senior batsman KL Rahul has been dropped from A ($607,000) to B ($364,000) after his poor showing with the bat in the Test matches where he made 38 in two matches before being dropped.Jadeja’s spin twin Axar Patel has been pushed to grade A alongside Hardik Pandya.List of contracts for men announced by BCCIA+ category: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra JadejaA category: Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Mohamed Shami, Rishabh Pant, Axar PatelB category: Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohamed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman GillC category: Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat
March 27, 2023 | 11:26 PM