<p align="justify" class="title">BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary questioned the process followed for awarding central contracts to international and domestic cricketers, saying none of the office-bearers was kept in the loop on the matter.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">CoA member Diana Edulji, however, alleged that the BCCI finance committee sat on the central contracts despite three reminders and all officer-bearers were informed including Choudhary.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The contracts for October 2017 to September 2018 were finally announced on Wednesday with cricketers receiving a windfall.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"What I can tell you for sure is that I was not part of process. I can also tell you that nobody from the board was. I also happen to be the convenor of senior selection committee and no meeting was called. I won't sign (on the contracts) if they come to me," Choudhary said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Edulji countered Choudhary's claims saying the selectors indeed met on Saturday and graded the players.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">We wrote to the BCCI finance committee three times (first time in October and latest this January) but did not get a reply. Now the players insurance was also coming up for renewal so we had to go ahead with the contracts," said Edulji.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I can also tell you that the selectors met on Saturday and the gradation was done only by them," she added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Off-spinner Jayant Yadav and Karun Nair bagging a contract despite not playing for India for a year raised eyebrows while someone like Rishabh Pant, who played for India on Tuesday, was excluded. Even Shreyas Iyer, who is a contender for World Cup berth, didn't get a contract.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A new A+ category was introduced for India players who play all three formats while C category was added for the women cricketers. The five players in A+ category including captain Virat Kohli would get Rs 7 crore each while the players in A, B and C categories receive Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary questioned the process followed for awarding central contracts to international and domestic cricketers, saying none of the office-bearers was kept in the loop on the matter.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">CoA member Diana Edulji, however, alleged that the BCCI finance committee sat on the central contracts despite three reminders and all officer-bearers were informed including Choudhary.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The contracts for October 2017 to September 2018 were finally announced on Wednesday with cricketers receiving a windfall.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"What I can tell you for sure is that I was not part of process. I can also tell you that nobody from the board was. I also happen to be the convenor of senior selection committee and no meeting was called. I won't sign (on the contracts) if they come to me," Choudhary said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Edulji countered Choudhary's claims saying the selectors indeed met on Saturday and graded the players.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">We wrote to the BCCI finance committee three times (first time in October and latest this January) but did not get a reply. Now the players insurance was also coming up for renewal so we had to go ahead with the contracts," said Edulji.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I can also tell you that the selectors met on Saturday and the gradation was done only by them," she added.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Off-spinner Jayant Yadav and Karun Nair bagging a contract despite not playing for India for a year raised eyebrows while someone like Rishabh Pant, who played for India on Tuesday, was excluded. Even Shreyas Iyer, who is a contender for World Cup berth, didn't get a contract.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A new A+ category was introduced for India players who play all three formats while C category was added for the women cricketers. The five players in A+ category including captain Virat Kohli would get Rs 7 crore each while the players in A, B and C categories receive Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.</p>