BCCI announced annual players' contracts, doubling the retainer amounts across all 3 categories. A total of 32 cricketers have been given central contracts.

Grade A (Rs 2 crore) - 7 cricketers 

1. Virat Kohli, 2. MS Dhoni, 3. Ravichandran Ashwin, 4. Ajinkya Rahane, 5. Cheteshwar Pujara, 6. Ravindra Jadeja, 7. Murali Vijay. 

In - Pujara, Jadeja, Vijay. 

Out - None 

Grade B (Rs 1 crore) - 9 

1. Rohit Sharma, 2. KL Rahul, 3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 4. Mohammed Shami, 5. Ishant Sharma, 6. Umesh Yadav, 7. Wriddhiman Saha, 8. Jasprit Bumrah, 9. Yuvraj Singh. 

In - Rahul (promoted from Grade C), Bumrah, Yuvraj, Saha (promoted from Grade C). 

Out - Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhawan (demoted to Grade C), Vijay (promoted to Grade A), Pujara (promoted to Grade A) 

Grade C (Rs 50 lakh) - 16 

1. Shikhar Dhawan, 2. Ambati Rayudu, 3. Amit Mishra, 4. Manish Pandey, 5. Axar Patel, 6. Karun Nair, 7. Hardik Pandya, 8. Ashish Nehra, 9. Kedar Jadhav, 10. Yuzvendra Chahal, 11. Parthiv Patel, 12. Jayant Yadav, 13. Mandeep Singh, 14. Dhawal Kulkarni, 15. Shardul Thakur, 16. Rishabh Pant. 

In - Shikhar, Rayudu, Manish, Karun, Hardik, Nehra, Kedar, Chahal, Parthiv, Jayant, Mandeep, Shardul, Rishabh. 

Out - Axar Patel, Stuart Binny, Saha (promoted to B), Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron, Karn Sharma, Jadeja (promoted to A), Rahul (promoted to B), Harbhajan, S Aravind.