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File photo of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli© AFP
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday announced the annual player contracts for the period of 2022-23. The players have been placed under four categories — A+, A, B and C. India captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja were placed in the top category (A+), and will earn Rs 7 crore annually. Meanwhile, all-rounder Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami and Axar Patel will earn Rs 5 crore annually, after having been placed in the A category.
In the B category, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill will earn Rs 3 crore annually.
A total of 11 players, including Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, have been placed in the C category. They will be paid Rs 1 crore by the board.
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