Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have been named in the newly introduced A+ bracket of BCCI pay grade for the season 2017-18. India’s all-format bowling specialists join seasoned performers Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan in the top category and will earn INR 7 crore as their annual retainer for the period September 2017-October 2018.
List of contracted senior men cricketers:
| Grade A+ contracted players | Previous contract |
| Virat Kohli | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| Rohit Sharma | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Grade A contracted players | Previous contract |
| R Ashwin | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| Murali Vijay | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| MS Dhoni | Grade A (INR 2 Crore) |
| Wriddhiman Saha | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Grade B contracted players | Previous contract |
| KL Rahul | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Umesh Yadav | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Kuldeep Yadav | New contractee |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Hardik Pandya | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Ishant Sharma | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Dinesh Karthik | New contractee |
| Grade C contracted players | Previous contract |
| Kedar Jadhav | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Manish Pandey | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Axar Patel | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Karun Nair | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Suresh Raina | New contractee |
| Parthiv Patel | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Jayant Yadav | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Players without a contract | Previous contract |
| Yuvraj Singh | Grade B (INR 1 Crore) |
| Ambati Rayudu | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Amit Mishra | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Ashish Nehra | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Mandeep Singh | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Shardul Thakur | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |
| Rishabh Pant | Grade C (INR 50 Lakh) |

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