The BCCI on Thursday announced the annual player retainership 2019-20 for Team India Senior Men with a glaring omission of MS Dhoni from the contracted players’ list. Also Read - India vs Australia 2020: I Aspire to Finish Games Like MS Dhoni, Says Alex Carey
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, ICC’s ODI Player of the Year Rohit Sharma and pacer Jasprit Bumrah have retained their places in the top-most bracket of A+ grade from last year’s list, with a pay structure of INR 7 Cr for the period between October 2019 to September 2020. Also Read - Does Anybody Keep Himself Away From Playing For India That Long? Sunil Gavaskar Questions MS Dhoni's Sabbatical
KL Rahul is the biggest mover from last year getting promoted to Grade A from Grade B and will earn INR 5 Cr during the aforementioned period. Wriddhiman Saha also gets a bump up to Grade B from Grade C while Navdeep Saini, Sahrdul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar and Washington Sundar are the new entrants in Grade C. Manyak Agarwal earns a maiden contract coming in at Grade C. The players losing out of contracts from last year are Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu and Khaleel Ahmed. Also Read - Hardik Pandya Plays Down Comparison With MS Dhoni, Says I'll Never be Able to Fill Former India Captain's Shoes
Here’s the full list:
Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Men)
I.
| Grade | S.No. | Players |
| A+ | 1 | Mr Virat Kohli |
| 2 | Mr Rohit Sharma |
| 3 | Mr Jasprit Bumrah |
II.
| Grade | S.No. | Players |
| A | 1 | Mr Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 2 | Mr Ravindra Jadeja |
| 3 | Mr Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| 4 | Mr Cheteshwar Pujara |
| 5 | Mr Ajinkya Rahane |
| 6 | Mr K L Rahul |
| 7 | Mr Shikhar Dhawan |
| 8 | Mr Mohd. Shami |
| 9 | Mr Ishant Sharma |
| 10 | Mr Kuldeep Yadav |
| 11 | Mr Rishabh Pant |
III.
| Grade | S.No. | Players |
| B | 1 | Mr Wriddhiman Saha |
| 2 | Mr Umesh Yadav |
| 3 | Mr Yuzvendra Chahal |
| 4 | Mr Hardik Pandya |
| 5 | Mr Mayank Agarwal |
IV.
| Grade | S.No. | Players |
| C | 1 | Mr Kedar Jadhav |
| 2 | Mr Navdeep Saini |
| 3 | Mr Deepak Chahar |
| 4 | Mr Manish Pandey |
| 5 | Mr Hanuma Vihari |
| 6 | Mr Shardul Thakur |
| 7 | Mr Shreyas Iyer |
| 8 | Mr Washington Sundar |
