BCCI Annual Contracts: The Indian Cricket Board announced retained contracts for Women’s cricketers on Thursday. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have been named in Grade A category. Meanwhile, Shikha Pandey and Dayalan Hemalatha are among the big misses in the 17-player list. Follow Indian Cricket LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN
BCCI had last announced the player contracts during the 2021/22 season. While the Indian Cricket Board did equal the match fee for both Men’s and Women’s Cricket, there remains a substantial gap in the retainers deal. As per the last retainer, Category A (Rs 50 lakh), Category B (Rs 30 lakh) and Category C (Rs 10 lakh).
Renuka Singh Thakur, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh and Rajeshwari Gayakwad are players awarded Grade B deals.
Women’s Contracts 2022/23
| Grade | S.No. | Name |
| A | 1 | Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur |
| 2 | Ms. Smriti Mandhana | |
| 3 | Ms. Deepti Sharma | |
| B | 1 | Ms Renuka Thakur |
| 2 | Ms. Jemimah Rodrigues | |
| 3 | Ms. Shafali Verma | |
| 4 | Ms. Richa Ghosh | |
| 5 | Ms. Rajeshwari Gayakwad | |
| 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 | |
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