The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced its contract retainership for the senior men’s team, with skipper Virat Kohli among three players in the highest – A+ category. The contracts are for a period from October 2020 to September 2021, with the payment structured in four categories – A+, A, B and C.

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A+ category players get Rs 7 crore, A category players get Rs 5 crore, B get Rs 3 crore, while C get Rs 1 crore. 

Along with Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah have been included in the A+ category. All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been promoted to the A category, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been included in the B category.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have been demoted to the C category while Manish Pandey has been excluded from the list. 

A category: Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya.