List of Indian cricket team players in 2021

The Indian men’s national cricket team, known as Team India and Men in Blue. The Indian cricket team is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Currently, there are 28 players on the List of Indian cricket team players who have been contracted by the BCCI for the period from October 2020 to September 2021.

The Indian men’s national cricket team is a full-time member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Test, ODI and T-20 international format.

According to the ICC rankings, till 1st June 2021, India is ranked first in Tests, 3rd in ODIs and 2nd in T20s.

Virat Kohli is the current captain of the team across all formats and Rohit Sharma is the vice caption in both ODI and T-20 format. Ajinkya Rahane is the vice caption for the Test format.

Ravi Shastri is the present head coach of Team India (Men’s). Also, Bikram Rathour is the batting coach, Bharat Arun is the bowling coach and Ramakrishnan Sridhar is the fielding coach.

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List of Indian senior men’s cricket team coaching staff:

DESIGNATION	NAME
Head Coach	Ravi Shastri
Batting Coach	Vikram Rathour
Bowling Coach	Bharat Arun
Fielding Coach	Ramakrishnan Sridhar

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on April 15 (Thursday) announced the list of Team India’s (senior men’s) annual players’ contract list for the period from October 2020 to September 2021.

Currently, there are 28 players on the contract list of senior Indian men’s cricketers.

List of Indian cricket team players (Men’s International) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021:

SL. 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	Kuldeep Yadav	Dec 14, 1994	Bowler	Left-hand bat	Left-arm orthodox spin
20	Navdeep Saini	Nov 23, 1992	Bowler	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium pace
21	Deepak Chahar	Aug 7, 1992	Bowler	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium pace
22	Shubman Gill	Sep 8, 1999	Batsman	Right-hand bat	Right-arm off-spin
23	Hanuma Vihari	Oct 13, 1993	Batting all-rounder	Right-hand bat	Right-arm off-break
24	Axar Patel	Jan 20, 1994	All-rounder	Left-hand bat	Left-arm orthodox spin
25	Shreyas Iyer	Dec 6, 1994	Batsman	Right-hand bat	Right-arm leg-spin
26	Washington Sundar	Oct 5, 1999	All-rounder	Left-hand bat	Right-arm off-spin
27	Yuzvendra Chahal	Jul 23, 1990	Bowler	Right-hand bat	Right-arm leg spin
28	Mohammed Siraj	13 March 1994	Bowler	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

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The Indian Cricket Board has divided all the players into three grades: A +, A, B, and C. Out of which A + Grade players will get Rs 7 crore. Grade A players will get 5 crore rupees. B Grade players will get 3 crore rupees and C Grade players will get 1 crore rupees.

Grade wise division of Indian cricketers:

PERIOD	GRADE A+	GRADE A	GRADE B	GRADE C
Oct 2020 to Sept 2021	INR 7 Cr	INR 5 Cr	INR 3Cr	INR 1Cr

Grade A+ category:

Out of 28 players on the list of Indian cricket team players, India’s all-format captain Virat Kohli, limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma and India’s main pace arm Jasprit Bumrah, are in the A+ category, all of whom will get Rs 7 crore.

GRADE	PLAYERS
A+	Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

Grade A category:

There are 10 players in A grade, all of whom will get Rs 5 crore.

GRADE	PLAYERS NAME
A	Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya,

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Grade B category:

B Grade has Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Mayank Agarwal, all of whom will get Rs 3 crore.

GRADE	PLAYERS NAME
B	Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur and Mayank Agarwal,

Grade C category:

C grade includes 10 players, all of whom will get Rs 1 crore.

GRADE	PLAYERS NAME
C	Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Mohammed Siraj

Analysis of contract player list:

Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav have been removed from the previous List of Indian cricket team players.

On the other hand, out-of-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been demoted from Grade A to Grade C and Yuzvendra Chahal has also been demoted from Grade B to Grade C and Senior fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been demoted from Grade A to Grade B.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been promoted from Grade B to Grade A. Also, Shardul Thakur has been promoted to Grade B after a good performance in Australia.

Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel are the new players who have been added to the list.

Recently debuted players Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Prashid Krishna and Krunal Pandya were not included in this list.

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Important players who are not in the BCCI contact list:

PLAYER NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	ROLE	BATTING STYLE	BOWLING STYLE
Manish Pandey	10 September 1989	Batsman	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
T. Natarajan	4 April 1991	Bowler	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
Dinesh Karthik	1 June 1985	Wicket-keeper batsman	Right-handed	——
Ishan Kishan	18 July 1998	Wicket-keeper-batsman	Left-handed	——
Suryakumar Yadav	14 September 1990	Batsman	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Krunal Pandya	24 March 1991	Bowling all-rounder	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Prithvi Shaw	9 November 1999	Batsman	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Sanju Samson	11 November 1994	Wicket-keeper batsman	Right-handed	——
Rahul Chahar	4 August 1999	Bowler	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Prasidh Krishna	19 February	Bowler	Right-handed	Right-arm fast