BCCI introduced annual contracts (participant retainership) for Indian girls cricketers on Thursday. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma have been positioned in high grade. In a launch, the BCCI mentioned: “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 grade constructions are as underneath:-

Grade A

1. Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur
2. Ms. Smriti Mandhana
3. Ms. Deepti Sharma

Grade B

1. Ms Renuka Thakur
2. Ms. Jemimah Rodrigues
3. Ms. Shafali Verma
4. Ms. Richa Ghosh
5. Ms. Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Grade C

1. Ms. Meghna Singh
2. Ms. Devika Vaidya
3. Ms. Sabbineni Meghana
4. Ms. Anjali Sarvani
5. Ms. Pooja Vastrakar
6. Ms. Sneh Rana
7. Ms. Radha Yadav
8. Ms. Harleen Deol
9. Ms. Yastika Bhatia

The annual retainership was final introduced by the BCCI for the 2020-21 season the place the gamers have been divided in three classes too. Grade A fetched a participant an annual wage of INR 50 lakh whereas a Grade B participant earned INR 30 lakh. For a Grade C participant, the annual wage was INR 10 lakh.