BCCI announces annual player contracts for Team India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India Senior Women for the 202223 seasonThe contracts of the womens cricket team are divided into three grades However the mens team was divided into four grades A plus grade is not kept in the womens cricket team In this contract women cricketers are divided into A B and C gradesThe Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India Senior Women for the 202223 season BCCI said in a releaseAlso Read WTC Final Major talking points from Indias squad announcement NEWS BCCI announces annual player retainership 202223 Team India Senior Women TeamIndia More Details httpstcoC4wPOfi2EFmdash BCCI Women BCCIWomen April 27 2023Captain Harmanpreet Kaur vicecaptain Smriti Mandhana and allrounder Deepti Sharma have earned the top Agrade Grade A worth INR 50 lakh in the BCCI Central contract list for the upcoming seasonThe players in the top bracket have been cut down from five last year to three with Rajeshwari Gayakwad dropping to Grade B worth INR 30 lakh and Poonam Yadav missing out on a central contract altogetherNames in Grade B includ youngsters Jemimah Rodrigues Richa Ghosh and Shafali Verma While the former two along with Renuka Thakur make a jump from Grade C to Grade B after their impressive showings over the last year especially the 2022 Womens World Cup and the 2023 T20 World CupMany fresh faces have been rewarded with their maiden central contract in the Grade C category worth INR 10 lakh Meghna Singh Devika Vaidya Sabbineni Meghana Anjali Sarvani Radha Yadav and Yastika Bhatia Sneh Rana and Harleen Deol retain their place in Grade C while Pooja Vastrakar drops a GradeThe Indian women enjoyed a stellar last year in international cricket After failing to get past the group stages in the Womens World Cup 2022 they bounced back by making it to the final of the inaugural edition of cricket at the Commonwealth Games bagging the silver medal against Australia and then qualifying for the final four of the Womens T20 World Cup in South Africa earlier this yearFull listGrade A Harmanpreet Kaur Smriti Mandhana Deepti SharmaGrade B Renuka Thakur Jemimah Rodrigues Shafali Verma Richa Ghosh Rajeshwari GayakwadGrade C Meghna Singh Devika Vaidya Sabbineni Meghana Anjali Sarvani Pooja Vastrakar Sneh Rana Radha Yadav Harleen Deol Yastika BhatiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever