Annual BCCI Contracts: Mithun, Vinay in

With a string of great performances, Virat Kohli moved up the ladder in Indian cricket, so did Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar, while Rahul Dravid retained his Grade A status According to the BCCI annual contract of the players released today, Virat has graduated to Grade B (INR 50L per annum) along with Praveen Kumar. Mithun and Vinay finds themselves in the Grade C (INR 25L per annum). In another big movement, Suresh Raina moved to Grade A (INR 1 cr per annum) while Yuvraj Singh was demoted to Grade B.

Grade A: Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan

Grade B: Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, M Vijay, Pragyan Ojha

Grade C: Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar

With a string of great performances, Virat Kohli moved up the ladder in Indian cricket, so did Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar, while Rahul Dravid retained his Grade A status According to the BCCI annual contract of the players released today, Virat has graduated to Grade B (INR 50L per annum) along with Praveen Kumar. Mithun and Vinay finds themselves in the Grade C (INR 25L per annum). In another big movement, Suresh Raina moved to Grade A (INR 1 cr per annum) while Yuvraj Singh was demoted to Grade B.

Grade A: Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan

Grade B: Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli, M Vijay, Pragyan Ojha

Grade C: Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar