<p>New Delhi: Skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/virat-kohli">Virat Kohli</a> retained their place in the top bracket but the out-of-favour duo of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were excluded after ignoring the directive to play Ranji Trophy as the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bcci">BCCI</a> unveiled its centrally-contracted players for this year on Wednesday.</p><p>Rohit, Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja figured in the A plus category, the highest bracket of the BCCI's central contracts list.</p><p>"Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations," said the BCCI in a statement.</p><p>"The BCCI has recommended that all athletes give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team," the statement added.</p><p>Six cricketers feature in the A category, including R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, K L Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.</p>.Jaiswal rises to 12th, Jurel to 69th in ICC Test rankings.<p>Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal have got B category contracts.</p><p>As many as 15 have been handed C category contracts including Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, K S Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.</p><p>The selection committee has also recommended fast bowling contracts for Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal and Vidwath Kaverappa.</p><p>Akash Deep had impressed on debut in the recent fourth Test against England, which India won to seal the series.</p><p>In a departure from the norm, the BCCI this time has not mentioned the remuneration of the players across the four categories.</p><p>Cricketers are normally paid Rs 7 crore per annum in A plus bracket, Rs 5 crore in A, Rs 3 crore in B and Rs one crore in C category, over and above their match fees.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/virat-kohli">Virat Kohli</a> retained their place in the top bracket but the out-of-favour duo of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were excluded after ignoring the directive to play Ranji Trophy as the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bcci">BCCI</a> unveiled its centrally-contracted players for this year on Wednesday.</p><p>Rohit, Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja figured in the A plus category, the highest bracket of the BCCI's central contracts list.</p><p>"Please note that Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan were not considered for the annual contracts in this round of recommendations," said the BCCI in a statement.</p><p>"The BCCI has recommended that all athletes give precedence to participating in domestic cricket during periods when they are not representing the national team," the statement added.</p><p>Six cricketers feature in the A category, including R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, K L Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya.</p>.Jaiswal rises to 12th, Jurel to 69th in ICC Test rankings.<p>Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal have got B category contracts.</p><p>As many as 15 have been handed C category contracts including Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, K S Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.</p><p>The selection committee has also recommended fast bowling contracts for Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Umran Malik, Yash Dayal and Vidwath Kaverappa.</p><p>Akash Deep had impressed on debut in the recent fourth Test against England, which India won to seal the series.</p><p>In a departure from the norm, the BCCI this time has not mentioned the remuneration of the players across the four categories.</p><p>Cricketers are normally paid Rs 7 crore per annum in A plus bracket, Rs 5 crore in A, Rs 3 crore in B and Rs one crore in C category, over and above their match fees.</p>