Deepti sharma, rajeshwari gayakwad set for promotion in bcci contracts: report

At the Wednesday's Apex Council meeting, the BCCI finalised 17 players for the annual contracts, with Sneh Rana becoming a new entrant, earning Grade C on the basis of consistent

performances since making a comeback last June following five years on the sidelines. On the other hand, Pooja Vastrakar, who was in Grade C last year, is also set to get promoted to the B

category, a Cricbuzz report said. Notably, Vastrakar has been consistently good for India as an allrounder and has particularly taken to the role of the finisher since making a comeback.

Meanwhile, veterans Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami retain their positions in Grade B but Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey, who were left out from the World Cup squad, have been downgraded to

Grade C from B. Mansi Joshi and Radha Yadav, who were part of last year's 19-player contracts list, don't feature this time. This is going to be an important year for women's

cricket with the 50-over World Cup starting in New Zealand on March 4 and BCCI also contemplating to start the women's IPL soon. The Governing Council of the Indian Premier League

(IPL) recently discussed hosting the women's tournament and if all goes according to plan, the BCCI could start the women's IPL next year. WOMEN'S CENTRAL CONTRACTS: Grade A

(Rs 50 lakh): Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad Grade B (Rs 30 lakh): Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Tanya Bhatia, Shafali Verma, Pooja

Vastrakar Grade C (Rs 10 lakh): Poonam Raut, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana