BCCI has also raised the domestic match fees by almost 200 percent in each category.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA), appointed by Supreme Court of India, on Wednesday announced Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Annual Player Contracts for the period from October 2017 to September 2018.
While BCCI has introduced a new category A+ for Indian Men's team, a category C has been also introduced for Indian women cricketers. BCCI has also raised the domestic match fees by almost 200 percent in each category. The women's team has been divided in three grades, where the Grade A ones will be getting Rs 50 lakh, those in Grade B will be paid Rs 30 lakh and the ones in Grade C will be handed Rs 10 lakh each.
Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana have received Grade A contracts. Poonam Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Ekta Bisht, Shikha Pandey and Deepti Sharma have been placed in the Grade B category. The newly introduced Grade C will feature Mansi Joshi, Anuja Patil, Mona Meshram, Nuzhat Parveen, Sushma Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Pooja Vastrakar and Taniya Bhatia.
Earlier, Grade A players were paid Rs 15 lakh, while the salary for Grade B players was Rs 10 lakh.
| Distribution of Annual Player Contracts Team India (Senior Women) |
| Grade |
S.No. |
Athletes |
| A |
1 |
Ms Mithali Raj |
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2 |
Ms Jhulan Goswami |
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3 |
Ms Harmanpreet Kaur |
| |
4 |
Ms Smriti Mandhana |
| B |
1 |
Ms Poonam Yadav |
| |
2 |
Ms Veda Krishnamurthy |
| |
3 |
Ms Rajeshwari Gayakwad |
| |
4 |
Ms Ekta Bisht |
| |
5 |
Ms Shikha Pandey |
| |
6 |
Ms Deepti Sharma |
| C |
1 |
Ms Mansi Joshi |
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| |
2 |
Ms Anuja Patil |
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| |
3 |
Ms Mona Meshram |
| |
4 |
Ms Nuzhat Parveen |
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5 |
Ms Sushma Verma |
| |
6 |
Ms Punam Raut |
| |
7 |
Ms Jemimah Rodrigues |
| |
8 |
Ms Pooja Vastrakar |
| |
9 |
Ms Taniya Bhatia |
The Domestic Match fee structure will witness an over 200 per cent hike in each category.
| Women's Domestic (Fee per day) |
INR |
INR |
| Category |
Playing XI |
Reserves |
|
| Senior |
12,500 |
6,250 |
| U23 |
5,500 |
2,750 |
| U19 / U16 |
5,500 |
2,750 |
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