These players joined BCCI central contract before IPL

IPL 2024 The countdown has started. The first match of IPL 2024 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 22 March. All cricket lovers are eagerly waiting for this season. Before the IPL, BCCI has given a powerful gift to two Indian star players. These two players are Sarfaraz Khan and wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel, whom BCCI has included in its central contract. This decision has been taken in the BCCI Apex Council meeting held on Monday. BCCI has given place to Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz in Grade-C.

Sarfaraz will not play IPL 2024

Sarfaraz Khan, who made his Test debut against England, will not play the IPL 2024 match this year. The thing is that he has not been included in any team in the auction. Because of this, no one will see him playing for the team. He was bought in the IPL auction at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. But no team bid on him due to which he remained unsold. Whereas Dhruv Jurel will be seen playing for Rajasthan Royals. He will get Rs 20 lakh for one season.

Both had performed brilliantly in the test series.

Sarfaraz and Jurel made their Test debut in the five-match Test series played between India vs England. Both the batsmen had performed amazingly in the Test series. Where Sarfaraz had scored three half-centuries in three test matches of the series. Whereas Jurel had played match-winning innings of 90 and 39 runs in his second Test (Ranchi). For this he was chosen Player of the Match.

List of BCCI Central Contract Players

Grade A+
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.
grade A
R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.
grade B
Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Yashasvi 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, Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel. .

This is how you get money

Let us tell you that there are a total of four categories in the BCCI contract list. Batsmen in A+ category get Rs 7 crore annually, A category gets Rs 5, B gets Rs 3 and the lowest C category gets Rs 1 crore annually. There are some rules for including players in all these categories. A+ includes players who play in all three formats (Test, ODI and T20).

Central contract players get money like this

Grade A+ – Rs 7 crore annually
Grade A – Rs 5 crore per annum
Grade B – Rs 3 crore per annum
Grade C – Rs 1 crore per annum