BCCI Grade Contract: Dravid retained in Grade A, Badrinath in Grade B

Breaking News! The BCCI announced the annual grade contract for its players. VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have been elevated to Grade A, while Dravid was retained in Grade A despite his poor form. Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma moved to Grade B. But, S Badrinath's elevation to Grade B without any significant performance, raised an eyebrow.

In total, 37 players have been classified into Grades - A, B, C and D. Here's the complete list of players who received respective grades:

Grade A (Rs. 60 lakh per annum) - Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.

Grade B (Rs. 4o lakh per annum) - RP Singh, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, S Badrinath and Irfan Pathan.

Grade C (Rs 25 lakh per annum) - Piyush Chawla, Wasim Jaffer, Yusuf Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra and S Sreesanth.

Grade D (Rs 15 lakh per annum) - Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Parthiv Patel, Manpreet Gony, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Ashok Dinda, Wriddhiman Saha, Chetanya Nanda, Murali Vijay, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhiwan and Sudeep Tyagi.