Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana along with Deepti Sharma has been retained in Grade ‘A’ of the BCCI central contracts for the Indian women’s cricket team.
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India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Monday (March 24, 2025) retained in Grade A, the highest category of central contracts offered by BCCI.
Pacer Renuka Thakur, all-rounder Jemimah Rodrigues, wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh and opener Shafali Verma managed to hold on to their Grade B contracts.
Left-arm orthodox bowler Rajeshwari Gaikwad, who was in Grade B last year, didn’t find a place this season.
Young off-spinner Shreyanka Patil, fast bowlers Titas Sadhu and Arundhati Reddy, all-rounder Amanjot Kaur and wicketkeeper Uma Chetry have got their first central contracts as they have been included in Grade C along side Yastika Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Uma Chetry, Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar.
Meghna Singh, Devika Vaidya, Sabbineni Meghana, Anjali Sarvani, and Harleen Deol, however, missed out.
A woman cricketer in the A category earns ₹50 lakh over and above match fee and ₹30 lakh and Rs ₹10lakh are allotted for B and C categories respectively.
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Published – March 24, 2025 02:49 pm IST