MS Dhoni omitted, Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah get top BCCI central contracts for 2019-20.
Indian Cap. Virat Kohli, along with Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, has been awarded Grade A+ central contracts by the BCCI while former India captain MS Dhoni has been left out from a 27-member list of central contract awardees for the 2019-20 season.
Dhoni, who has not played an international game since India's loss to New Zealand in the semi-final of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019, does not feature in any of the four contract categories.
Dhoni has remained tight-lipped over his future, hinting suggestively at possible clarity in January 2020, head coach Ravi Shastri, in an interview with IANS,left open a small chance of participation in this year's T20 World Cup, but subject to his performance in the IPL and other selection dynamics.
Missed: Dinesh Karthik, Khaleel Ahmed and Ambati Rayudu are the three other contracted players from the previous season to lose out on their central contracts.
BCCI Central Contracts for 2019-20: Full List of 27-Players, top earners.
Grade A+ (INR 7 crore): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah
Grade A (INR 5 crore): Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant
Grade B (INR 3 crore): Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal
Grade C (INR 1 crore): Kedar Jadhav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar
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