The BCCI set the Indian Cricketers Salaries (both men and women) depending on their performance, which is measured in points and used to determine where they rank in the BCCI’s grading system.
Men’s cricketers will be graded in four different ways, while women’s cricketers will be graded in three different ways, according to the BCCI.
Indian Cricketers Salaries List
In India, a cricketer can earn money in a variety of ways, including advertising, sponsorship, becoming a brand ambassador, participating in other cricket leagues such as the IPL, owning brands, and more.
BCCI’s Grading system for Men’s
Both men’s and women’s international and domestic cricket teams are paid by the BCCI.
International Crickets Salary
Grade A + | Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
₹ 7Crore | ₹ 5Crore | ₹ 3Crore | ₹ 1Crore |
Domestic Cricketers Salary
Category | Salary |
Seniors (above 40 matches) | ₹ 60,000 |
Under 23 | ₹ 25,000 |
Under 19 | ₹ 20,000 |
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BCCI’s Grading system for Women’s
In 2022, the BCCI has raised the match cost for female cricketers. Senior women (playing XI) will be paid 20,000 every match day, a 12,500 rise from before.
International Cricketers Salary
Grade A | Grade B | Grade C |
₹ 50 Lakhs | ₹ 30 Lakhs | ₹ 10 Lakhs |
Domestic Cricketers Salary
Category | Salary |
Senior women (playing XI) | ₹ 20,000 |
Indian Mens Cricketers Salary
On March 2, 2022, the BCCI Supreme Council approved the BCCI contract list 2022. The BCCI had previously granted central contracts to 28 cricketers, however this year just 27 have been selected. Kuldeep Yadav and Navdeep Saini are two players who have been completely removed from the BCCI Central Contract List 2022.
Grade A+ Players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 7 crores per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
Grade A players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 5 crores per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
Grade B players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 3 crores per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Axar Patel
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Shreyas Iyer
- Shardul Thakur
- Mohammed Siraj
- Ishant Sharma
Grade C players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 1 crores per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Hardik Pandya
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Mayank Agarwal
- Deepak Chahar
- Shubman Gill
- Hanuma Vihari
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Umesh Yadav
- Washington Sundar
Apart from the BCCI annual salary, the players will also receive an income for playing in every Test, ODI, and T20I match.
An Indian player has a fixed match fee of Rs 15 lakh for a Test match. For an ODI, a player earns Rs 6 lakh while he earns Rs 3 lakh for every T20I. Those who don’t make it to the playing XI draw 50% of the match fee.
Following are the full list of Indian cricket players salary along with their match fee:
Player | BCCI Salary (INR) | IPL (INR) | Test (INR) | ODI (INR) | T20I (INR) |
Virat Kohli | 7 Crores | 15 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Rohit Sharma | 7 Crores | 16 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Jasprit Bumrah | 7 Crores | 12 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
R Ashwin | 5 crore | 5 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
KL Rahul | 5 crore | 17 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Ravindra Jadeja | 5 crore | 16 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Rishabh Pant | 5 crore | 16 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Mohammed Shami | 5 crore | 6.25 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Ajinkya Rahane | 3 crore | 1 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Axar Patel | 3 crore | 9 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Cheteshwar Pujara | 3 crore | 14 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Shreyas Iyer | 3 crore | 12.25 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Shardul Thakur | 3 crore | 10.75 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Mohammed Siraj | 3 crore | 7 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Ishant Sharma | 3 crore | Unsold | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Shikhar Dhawan | 1 crore | 8.25 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Hardik Pandya | 1 crore | 15 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Yuzvendra Chahal | 1 crore | 6.5 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Mayank Agarwal | 1 crore | 12 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Deepak Chahar | 1 crore | 14 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Shubman Gill | 1 crore | 7 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Hanuma Vihari | 1 crore | Unsold | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Wriddhiman Saha | 1 crore | 1.9 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Suryakumar Yadav | 1 crore | 8 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 1 crore | 4.2 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Umesh Yadav | 1 crore | 2 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
Washington Sundar | 1 crore | 8.75 Crores | 15 lakh | 6 lakh | 3 lakh |
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Indian Women Cricketers Salary
The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Women) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021.
Grade A players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 50 Lakhs per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
- Mithali Raj
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Smriti Mandhana
- Poonam Yadav
Grade B players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 30 Lakhs per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
- Ekta Bisht
- Jhulan Goswami
- Shikha Pandey
- Deepti Sharma
- Jemimah Rodrigues
Grade C players
This list’s players will be paid a salary of Rs. 10 Lakhs per year. The players included in this grade are as follows:
- Radha Yadav
- D Hemalatha
- Anuja Patil
- Veda Krishnamurthy
- Mansi Joshi
- Punam Raut
- Mona Meshram
- Arundhati Reddy
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad
- Taniya Bhatia
- Pooja Vastrakar
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Bonus along with Indian Cricketers Salary
Aside from their compensation, each Indian cricketer would be rewarded for their individual success in all three formats of the game. Their match fee does not include the award money.
- 5 Lakh rupees for scoring a hundred in a test or ODI
- 7 Lakh rupees for a double hundred in the test
- 5 Lakh rupees for 5 wicket haul in Test, ODI, or T20
- 7 Lakh rupees for a 10 wicket haul in test matches