Indian cricketers who are currently part of India’s International teams squads, are getting paid by BCCI yearly as a salary according to their contract to play for India. In this post you will get to know top Indian cricketers and their salaries as updated in year 2020 by BCCI.

Cricketers in India earn a lot more than any other cricketer from any other country through Advertisements, sponsorship, Becoming brand ambassadors, playing Cricket leagues like IPL, own brands and much more but the main source of their income is what their cricketing board pays theme.

Indian cricketers are not only paid by BCCI in the form of yearly based salary but they also get paid by Match fee, Retainer fee, Individual bonuses, team bonuses etc. 

There are four categories in which BCCI divides players contracts according to their roles, importance and performances in a team based on their previous records.

And those categories are meant to be as contracts with BCCI and the board will pay the salaries according to the players positions in these categories.

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Here are the those 4 contract grades and salaries of each contract grade:

A+ Grade – Salary Rs. 7 crore
A Grade – Salary Rs. 5 crore
B Grade – Salary Rs. 3 crore
C Grade – Salary Rs. 1 crore

BCCI renews the contract of the players each year and according to each player’s performance of the last year, BCCI moves players between these four Salary categories.

So lets know that which Indian player comes in which category and what salaries they get from the BCCI.


Grade A+, 7 Crore Salary Indian Players List


1. VIRAT KOHLI 

2. ROHIT SHARMA

3. JASPRIT BUMRAH


Grade A, 5 Crore Salary Indian Players List

1. RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN 

2. RAVINDRA JADEJA 

3. ISHANT SHARMA 

4. BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR 

5. RISHABH PANT 

6. AJINKYA RAHANE 

7. MOHAMMED SHAMI 

8. CHETESHWAR PUJARA 

9. KL RAHUL 

10. SHIKHAR DHAWAN 

11. KULDEEP YADAV 


Grade B, 3 Crore Salary Indian Players List

1. YUZVENDRA CHAHAL 

2. WRIDDHIMAN SAHA 

3. UMESH YADAV 

4. HARDIK PANDYA 


Grade C, 1 Crore Salary Indian Players List

1. SHREYAS IYER 

2. KEDAR JADHAV 

3. DEEPAK CHAHAR 

4. HANUMA VIHARI 

5. MANISH PANDEY 

6. NAVDEEP SAINI

7. WASHINGTON SUNDAR 

8. SHARDUL THAKUR