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Cricket is one of the most followed sports in the world. The game has built its reputation across the globe and has a large fan base.<\/strong> It has a huge popularity in the continent of Asia and specially in India. The people of India love cricket immensely. This gigantic popularity of cricket is the reason behind the huge revenue earned through cricket.\u00a0BCCI is the richest cricket board in world cricket. Therefore, it spends crores of rupees over his players. You all must be aware of the fact that Indian cricketers are very rich and wealthy. But have you ever thought how Indian cricketers are paid, what is the salary structures of Indian cricketers,\u00a0who is the highest paid Indian cricketer, do cricketers get paid per match. In this article, we will answer all these questions for you and show you Indian cricketers salary list 2021.<\/p>\n

How Indian cricketers are paid ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Board of Control for Cricket<\/strong> in India (BCCI) gives contracts to Indian cricketers on an annual basis. Every year they make a list of contracted players depending upon some basic criteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a total of four categories :\u00a0A+, A, B & C Grades. <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the ‘A+’ category, the player is paid Rs 7 crore for the year.<\/p>\n

In the ‘A’ category, the player is paid Rs 5 crore for the year.<\/p>\n

In the ‘B’ category, the player is paid Rs 3 crore for the year.<\/p>\n

In the ‘C’ category, the player is paid Rs 1 crore for the year.<\/p>\n

How Much Does Indian cricketers get paid ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Here’s a look at the current salary of Indian Cricketers :<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian cricketers salary list 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grade A+<\/strong>: Virat Kohli<\/a>, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah.<\/p>\n

Grade A<\/strong>: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, K.L. Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya.<\/p>\n

Grade B<\/strong>: Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal.<\/p>\n

Grade C<\/strong>: Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.<\/p>\n

Do cricketers get paid per match ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Apart from their annual contract, an Indian cricketer is paid Rs\u00a015 lakh\u00a0for every Test match, Rs 6 lakh for an ODI match and Rs 3 lakh for every T20 match.<\/p>\n

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Who is the highest paid Indian cricketer ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Who is the highest paid Indian cricketer – Jasprit Bumrah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Jasprit Bumrah<\/strong> is the highest paid Indian cricketer. Bumrah has emerged as BCCI’s highest-paid player in 2020. He is among the three players with A+ contract. He played 4* Tests, nine ODIs and 8 T20Is in 2020. In 2020, Bumrah earned Rs 1.38 crore from BCCI (excluding the annual contract fee).<\/div>\n
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