BCCI Announces Annual Player Retainership For Women’s Stars. Harmanpreet, Smriti, Deepti In Grade A | Cricket News

BCCI announced annual contracts (player retainership) for Indian women cricketers on Thursday. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were placed in top grade. In a release, the BCCI said: “The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Women) for the 2022-23 season.”

The grade structures are as under:-

Grade A

1. Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur
2. Ms. Smriti Mandhana
3. Ms. Deepti Sharma

Grade B

1. Ms Renuka Thakur
2. Ms. Jemimah Rodrigues
3. Ms. Shafali Verma
4. Ms. Richa Ghosh
5. Ms. Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Grade C

1. Ms. Meghna Singh
2. Ms. Devika Vaidya
3. Ms. Sabbineni Meghana
4. Ms. Anjali Sarvani
5. Ms. Pooja Vastrakar
6. Ms. Sneh Rana
7. Ms. Radha Yadav
8. Ms. Harleen Deol
9. Ms. Yastika Bhatia

The annual retainership was last announced by the BCCI for the 2020-21 season where the players were divided in three categories too. Grade A fetched a player an annual salary of INR 50 lakh while a Grade B player earned INR 30 lakh. For a Grade C player, the annual salary was INR 10 lakh.