Indian Cricket Team Players List 2022: Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world after football. Cricket was introduced in India by British sailors in the 18th century. The Indian team became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1926.
The Indian cricket team is administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC). They played their first Test match at Lord’s on 25 June 1932, becoming the sixth team to have the status of Test cricket. Since then, the Indian men’s cricket team known as Men in Blue has gained many successes over the years.
So far, India has won five major ICC tournaments. They have won the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup twice (1983 and 2011), the ICC T20 World Cup (2007), and the ICC Champions Trophy twice (2002 and 2013).
Team India also finished as runners-up in the ODI Cricket World Cup 2003, T20 World Cup 2014, and Champions Trophy 2000 and 2017. The team was also runners-up in the inaugural 2019-2021 ICC World Test Championship.
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According to the ICC rankings, As of 12th March 2022, India is ranked 2nd in Tests, 4th in ODIs, and 1st in T20s. Rohit Sharma is the current captain of the team in all formats, and head coach Rahul Dravid.
List of Indian Men’s Cricket Team Coaching Staff:

DESIGNATION | NAME |
Head coach | Rahul Dravid |
Batting coach | Vikram Rathour |
Bowling coach | Paras Mhambrey |
Fielding coach | T Dilip |
Team manager | Girish Dongre |
Trainer | Soham Desai |
Physio | Nitin Patel |
Video analyst | Hari Prasad Mohan |
Indian cricket team players List 2022:
In March 2022, the BCCI released a new contract list of players that will be valid from October 2021 to September 2022. Last time (October 2020 to September 2021), 28 cricketers were given central contracts but this year (October 2021 to September 2022), 27 cricketers have been included in the BCCI’s annual contract list.
Indian cricket team players List 2022, will give you an idea about the Indian cricket team players, their age, their role in the team, their batting style, bowling style, etc.
NO. | NAME | DATE OF BIRTH | ROLE | BATTING STYLE | BOWLING STYLE |
1 | Virat Kohli | Nov 5, 1988 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium |
2 | Rohit Sharma | Apr 30, 1987 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break |
3 | Jasprit Bumrah | Dec 6, 1993 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast |
4 | Ravichandran Aswin | Sep 17, 1986 | Bowling all-rounder | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-spin |
5 | Ravindra Jadeja | Dec 6, 1988 | All-rounder | Left-hand bat | Slow left-arm orthodox |
6 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Jan 25, 1988 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | —— |
7 | Ajinkya Rahane | Jun 6, 1988 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | —— |
8 | Shikhar Dhawan | Dec 5, 1985 | Batsman | Left-hand bat | —— |
9 | Lokesh Rahul | Apr 18, 1992 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | —— |
10 | Mohammed Shami | Sep 3, 1990 | Bowler | Right Handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
11 | Ishant Sharma | Sep 2, 1988 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast |
12 | Rishabh Pant | Oct 4, 1997 | Wicket-keeper Batsman | Left Handed Bat | —— |
13 | Hardik Pandya | Oct 11, 1993 | All-rounder | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast |
14 | Wriddhiman Saha | Oct 24, 1984 | Wicket-keeper batsman | Right-hand bat | ——- |
15 | Umesh Yadav | Oct 25, 1987 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm fast |
16 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Dec 5, 1990 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium-fast |
17 | Shardul Thakur | Oct 16, 1991 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium pace |
18 | Mayank Agarwal | Feb 16, 1991 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-spin |
19 | Deepak Chahar | Aug 7, 1992 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm medium pace |
20 | Shubman Gill | Sep 8, 1999 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-spin |
21 | Hanuma Vihari | Oct 13, 1993 | Batting all-rounder | Right-hand bat | Right-arm off-break |
22 | Axar Patel | Jan 20, 1994 | All-rounder | Left-hand bat | Left-arm orthodox spin |
23 | Shreyas Iyer | Dec 6, 1994 | Batsman | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg-spin |
24 | Washington Sundar | Oct 5, 1999 | All-rounder | Left-hand bat | Right-arm off-spin |
25 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Jul 23, 1990 | Bowler | Right-hand bat | Right-arm leg spin |
26 | Mohammed Siraj | 13 March 1994 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
27 | Suryakumar Yadav | Sep 14, 1990 | Batsman | Right Handed Bat | Right-arm off-break |
Salary Of Indian Cricket Team Players:
As before, the Indian Cricket Board has divided all the players into three grades: A +, A, B, and C. Of which A+ grade players will get 7 crore rupees, A-grade players will get 5 crore rupees, B-grade players will get 3 crore rupees and C-grade players will get 1 crore rupees.
PERIOD | GRADE A+ | GRADE A | GRADE B | GRADE C |
Oct 2021 to Sept 2022 | INR 7 Cr | INR 5 Cr | INR 3Cr | INR 1Cr |

BCCI Annual Contract List 2022:
Grade A+ (Rs 7 crore):
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah
Grade AÂ (Rs 5 crore):
Ravichandran Ashwin, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant
Grade B (Rs 3 crore):
Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma
Grade CÂ (Rs 1 crore):
Shikhar Dhawan, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Agarwal
Also read:- BCCI Annual Contract List 2022: Pujara, Rahane, Hardik Pandya Demoted in New Contract
Indian Cricket Team Players List 2022:
This is the list of all the players who have played for India in the past 12 months. The Indian cricket team players List 2022, will give you an idea about the Indian cricket team players, their age, their role in the team, their batting style, bowling style, IPL teams, domestic teams, etc.
NO. | PLAYERS | BATTING STYLE | BOWLING STYLE | DOMESTIC TEAM | IPL TEAMS |
1 | Rohit Sharma | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Mumbai | Mumbai Indians |
2 | KL Rahul | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Karnataka | Lucknow Super Giants |
3 | Mayank Agarwal | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Karnataka | Punjab Kings |
4 | Shikhar Dhawan | Left-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Delhi | Punjab Kings |
5 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Maharashtra | Chennai Super Kings |
6 | Shubman Gill | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Punjab | Gujarat Titans |
7 | Devdutt Padikkal | Left-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Karnataka | Rajasthan Royals |
8 | Prithvi Shaw | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Mumbai | Delhi Capitals |
9 | Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | Mumbai | Kolkata Knight Riders |
10 | Virat Kohli | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Delhi | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
11 | Manish Pandey | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Karnataka | Lucknow Super Giants |
12 | Cheteshwar Pujara | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | Saurashtra | ——– |
13 | Ajinkya Rahane | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Mumbai | Kolkata Knight Riders |
14 | Nitish Rana | Left-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Delhi | Kolkata Knight Riders |
15 | Hanuma Vihari | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Hyderabad | ——– |
16 | Suryakumar Yadav | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Mumbai | Mumbai Indians |
17 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Tamil Nadu | Rajasthan Royals |
18 | Deepak Chahar | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Rajasthan | Chennai Super Kings |
19 | Deepak Hooda | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Rajasthan | Lucknow Super Giants |
20 | Venkatesh Iyer | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Madhya Pradesh | Kolkata Knight Riders |
21 | Ravindra Jadeja | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Saurashtra | Chennai Super Kings |
22 | Hardik Pandya | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Baroda | Gujarat Titans |
23 | Krunal Pandya | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Baroda | Lucknow Super Giants |
24 | Axar Patel | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Gujarat | Delhi Capitals |
25 | Washington Sundar | Left-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Tamil Nadu | Lucknow Super Giants |
26 | Shardul Thakur | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Mumbai | Delhi Capitals |
27 | Jayant Yadav | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Haryana | Gujarat Titans |
28 | Ishan Kishan | Left-handed | N/A | Jharkhand | Mumbai Indians |
29 | Rishabh Pant | Left-handed | N/A | Delhi | Delhi Capitals |
30 | Wriddhiman Saha | Right-handed | N/A | Bengal | Gujarat Titans |
31 | Sanju Samson | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Kerala | Rajasthan Royals |
32 | Jasprit Bumrah | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Gujarat | Mumbai Indians |
33 | Avesh Khan | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Madhya Pradesh | Lucknow Super Giants |
34 | Prasidh Krishna | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Karnataka | Rajasthan Royals |
35 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Uttar Pradesh | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
36 | T. Natarajan | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Tamil Nadu | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
37 | Navdeep Saini | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Delhi | Rajasthan Royals |
38 | Chetan Sakariya | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Saurashtra | Delhi Capitals |
39 | Mohammed Shami | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Bengal | Gujarat Titans |
40 | Harshal Patel | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Haryana | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
41 | Ishant Sharma | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Delhi | ——– |
42 | Mohammed Siraj | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
43 | Sandeep Warrier | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Tamil Nadu | ——– |
44 | Umesh Yadav | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Vidarbha | Kolkata Knight Riders |
45 | Ravi Bishnoi | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Rajasthan | Lucknow Super Giants |
46 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | Haryana | Rajasthan Royals |
47 | Rahul Chahar | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | Rajasthan | Punjab Kings |
48 | Varun Chakravarthy | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | Tamil Nadu | Kolkata Knight Riders |
49 | Krishnappa Gowtham | Right-handed | Right-arm off-spin | Karnataka | Lucknow Super Giants |
50 | Kuldeep Yadav | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | Uttar Pradesh | Delhi Capitals |