Amid Ishan Kishan-Shreyas Iyer Row, Here Are The Biggest Gainers From BCCI Contracts

While there has been a lot of discussion regard Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer's contract terminations, there were some notable gainers in the central contracts list.

Out-of-favour duo Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were recently excluded from the annual player retainership list for the 2023-24 season, with the BCCI saying in a statement that the two were not considered for the annual contracts. The two players had been under the scanner of the BCCI after skipping Ranji Trophy matches for their respective domestic sides. In the 2022-23 central contracts of the BCCI, Iyer was in Grade B while Kishan was placed in Grade C. While Iyer received an annual fee of Rs 3 crore besides his match fees, Kishan got Rs 1 crore.

After from the monetary loss, both players will not have full access the National Cricket Academy (NCA) facilities, as well as BCCI's insurance cover.

While there has been a lot of discussion regard Kishan and Iyer's contract terminations, there were some notable gainers in the central contracts list.

How many players have been promoted?

Batters KL Rahul and Shubman Gill and pacer Mohammed Siraj have been the notable gainers from the annual retainership. The trio has been promoted from Grade B in the 2022/23 contract to A in 2023/24. Gill, Rahul and Siraj will now earn Rs 5 crore as compared to Rs 3 crore from last season.