All-rounder Deepti Sharma and spin bowler Rajeshwari Gayakwad are set to be promoted to Grade A in the central contracts for women's cricketers for the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For women cricketers, the BCCI has three categories -- Grade A, which have remuneration of Rs 50 lakh while B and C categories are valued at Rs 30 lakh and Rs 10 lakh respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 24-year Sharma has shown good form in the recent and she merited promotion. Same way, the 30-year old Gayakwad from Karnataka gets the top grade in the contacts list. The likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav are also in Grade A.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At the Apex Council meeting on Wednesday, the BCCI finalised 17 players for the annual contracts, with Sneh Rana becoming a new entrant, earning Grade C on the basis of consistent performances since making a comeback last June following five years on the sidelines. On the other hand, Pooja Vastrakar, who was in Grade C last year, is also set to get promoted to the B category, a Cricbuzz report said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Notably, Vastrakar has been consistently good for India as an allrounder and has particularly taken to the role of the finisher since making a comeback.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, veterans Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami retain their positions in Grade B but Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey, who were left out from the World Cup squad, have been downgraded to Grade C from B.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mansi Joshi and Radha Yadav, who were part of last year's 19-player contracts list, don't feature this time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n