BCCI Central Contracts: The Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2022–2023 season were announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday. Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who has been out of action for almost six months, has remained under contract in the A+ category. Players in the A+ category will each receive Rs 7 crore. Fans, however, were not happy with this, as Twitter was flooded with comments from people who wanted his grade to be lowered given that he last played for India on September 25 in a T20I match against Australia. Check out the fans’ reaction below. Follow cricket NEWS & LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Why Bumrah in A+ he has missed most of the international cricket it’s Shami who should have been given the A+ contract
— Mir Aakeb (@miraquib0072) March 26, 2023
Bumrah has missed a number of domestic and international tournaments over the last few years due to reoccurring back issues. Due to the same last year, he was forced to withdraw from the T20 World Cup. He was had to take a break from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia earlier this year as well.
Bumrah was supposed to play again during the ODI series. Additional testing, however, indicated that the 29-year-old could require longer time to recuperate than expected and will be unable to play for the five-time champion Mumbai Indians in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
I didn’t get why they kept bumrah in A+ and not siraj who is playing in all 3formats
— Subhendu Kumar Patra (@skpatradl272) March 26, 2023
#JaspritBumrah grading is very confusing. He hasn’t played a match for a long time. No idea when and if he would return. Graded at the highest level and paid ridiculously during recovery. #Unfair He should be “C”. #HardikPandya should be in his place. W.Sundar deserves A or B.
— Govind Ramu (@GovindRamu8) March 26, 2023
How come Bumrah is under A+ category when he literally played 1-2 matches in a year.
Ahh richest board for a reason
— . (@muskamarke) March 26, 2023
Or sab to thik hai par Bumrah A+ me..
Kis liye Bhai..???
Bumrah ko to kisi grade me nahi rakhna chahiye..,na koi important me khelta hai,1 match khelo or 1 saal team se bahar raho,aisa kon sa player hota hai bhai..?🙄🙄— Jai hoo. (@Warrior_sohan) March 26, 2023
Bumrah in A+ without doing next to nothing during most part of the year and Siraj in B after being No. 1 odi bowler and winning matches singlehandedly. LoL😁
— Akhtar Syed (@Akhtar_syed_) March 26, 2023
List of BCCI contracts for men
- A+ category: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja
- A category: Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel
- B category: Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill
- C category: Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat
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