Zoom News : Feb 29, 2024, 06:00 AM
Indian Cricket Team: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released the annual players contract list on the evening of 28 February, in which some major changes have also been seen this time. While Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have been dropped from the central contract, 11 new players have been included in it for the first time. However, these two names do not include the names of Sarfaraz Khan, who made his debut in international cricket in the Test series against England, and wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel. Regarding this, information has also been given by BCCI as to why these two have not got a place in the annual contract.Because of this both the players did not get a place in the central contractBCCI has set a qualification for the players to be included in the Central Contract, according to which, to be included in it, any player must have played at least three Tests or 10 ODIs or 10 T20 matches. Your will be included in C. For this reason, the players who have fulfilled this qualification have been included in the list of annual contracts issued by the board. Sarfaraz and Dhruv have played only 2-2 Test matches so far, so when they will play in the last Test match of the series against England at Dharamshala ground, they will also be included in Grade C of the contract list. . Let us tell you that Rajat Patidar, who has played three matches in the ongoing Test series against England, has been included in Grade C.The board gave annual central contracts to a total of 30 players.A total of 30 players have been included in the annual contract list released by BCCI for the year 2023-24. In this, everyone is divided into four different grades, in which 4 players have got place in Grade A Plus, 6 in A Grade, 5 in B Grade while 15 players have got place in Grade C. In this, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has become a part of the central contract for the first time, has been included in B grade.