BCCI announced annual contracts (player retainership) for Indian women cricketers on Thursday. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were placed in top grade.
In a release, the BCCI said: "The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Women) for the 2022-23 season." The board, however, didn't specify the pay structure for each category in the release.
The grade structures are as under:- Grade A Grade B Grade C The annual retainership was last announced by the BCCI for the 2020-21 season where the players were divided in three categories too.
Grade A fetched a player an annual salary of INR 50 lakh while a Grade B player earned INR 30 lakh. For a Grade C player, the annual salary was INR 10 lakh.