Mithali Raj's BCCI central contract reduced to Grade B
Indian women's ODI skipper Mithali Raj has been demoted to a grade B central contract by BCCI from Grade A. Mithali had retired from T20I cricket in September 2019 and had not played the required games for Grade A contract; however, she plans to continue her ODI career till the 2021 World Cup.
Mithali Raj was expectedly demoted to Grade B from A in the BCCI central contracts. The 37-year-old retired from T20Is in September 2019 and thus was expected to get dropped from the INR 50 Lakhs category. Mithali will continue to lead the ODI team till the 2021 World Cup.
Radha Yadav and Taniya Bhatia were elevated to the middle bracket contract by the BCCI. Both had a Grade C contract worth Rs 10 lakh last year, have now entered Grade B (Rs 30 lakh). India's T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur along with Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav retained her A category contract 15-year-old opener Shafali Verma and Harleen Deol, who also is an attacking batter, have been offered first-time contracts by BCCI for being impressive for the Indian team. Shafali has formed a formidable opening partnership with Mandhana and has impressed everyone in the past season. The opener will be expected to deliver in the upcoming T20 World Cup Down Under.
Dropped from the list is Mona Meshram, who was in Grade C last year and hasn't played a single game in recent times. The latest contracts run from October 2019 to September 2020.
Here is the complete list of players given a central contract:
Grade B (Rs 30 lakh): Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma.
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