BCCI awards Group C contracts to Sreesanth, Raina

NEW DELHI: Kerala pacer S Sreesanth and Utar Pradesh southpaw Suresh Raina were awarded BCCI's Group C contract on Thursday.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Niranjan Shah said in a statement that both the cricketers have been offered players contracts in the Group 'C' with a retainership of Rs. 20 lakhs each.

BCCI has eight players, including axed Sourav Ganguly, in Group A who are entitled to a retainership of Rs 50 lakh, four in Group B getting Rs 35 lakh and five in Group C with Sreesanth and Raina's inclusion.

Group A: Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan.

Group B:  Yuvraj Singh, Mohd Kaif, Ajit Agarkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Group C:  Murali Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth and Suresh Raina.