The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Women) for the 2022-23 season. The contract has been divided into 3 categories A, B & C categories.
New names were added for the annual contract that includes Meghna Singh, Devika Vaidya, S.Meghana, Anjali Sarvanil, Radha Yadav & Yastika Bhatia have all been given a C category contract worth 10 lakhs annually.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Vice-Captain Smriti Mandhana & all-rounder have made their way into the A-Grade contract worth 50 lakhs for the BCCI central contract list for the upcoming season.
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The number of players in the A grade contract has been reduced to 3 from 5 last year with Rajeshwari Gaikwad dropping to the grade B contract & Poonam Yadav missing out on the contract altogether. The names in the B grade contact include the names Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh & Shefali Varma the former 2 along with Renuka Thakur jumped to grade B from grade C.
Mandhana remains one of India’s most consistent players and was given the vice-captaincy in ODIs last year. Deepti Sharma has been an important part of all the formats and has been particularly consistent with the ball.
The category C contract includes Meghna Singh, Devika Vaidya, Sabbineni Meghana, Anjali Sarvani, Radha Yadav and Yastika Bhatia. Sneh Rana and Harleen Deol
