Former Indian captain MS Dhoni was dropped from the list of Annual Player Contract awardees announced today by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. MS Dhoni, who held a Grade A category contract for the 2018-19 season, hasn't represented the national team since India's semi-final defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.The BCCI announces the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 2019 to September 2020. Saini, Mayank, Shreyas, Washington and Deepak Chahar get annual player contracts.More details here - https://t.co/84iIn1vs9B #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/S6ZPq7FBt1— BCCI (@BCCI) January 16, 2020KL Rahul was upgraded from Grade B to Grade A category while Mayank Agarwal also benefitted from his impressive Test performances to be named in the Grade B category. Rishabh Pant continued to remain in the Grade A category despite losing the wicket-keeping responsibilities to Wriddhiman Saha in Test Cricket. Saha was also promoted from Grade C to Grade B category.Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu also Khaleel Ahmed lost their central contracts.Mayank AgarwalBCCI Central Contracts for 2019-20Grade A+ (INR 7 cr)Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah Grade A (INR 5 cr)Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant Grade B (INR 3 cr) Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal Grade C (INR 1 cr)Kedar Jadhav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Washington SundarKL Rahul