Four Indian Cricketers who might miss out on BCCI contracts this year

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issues a list of new-annual contracts for a period between October 1 of one year till September 30 of the succeeding year. Year after year, we have seen a huge pay hike for every contracted player.

Last year we saw the BCCI introduce a new category A+ which included India's mainstays Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah to get a fee of massive ₹7 crore.

Here is the list of cricketers who made it to the other categories in the previous BCCI contracts.

A category (Rs 5 crore): MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wridhhiman Saha.

B category (Rs 3 crore): KL Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Shami.

C Category (Rs 1 crore): Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Jayant Yadav.

We can expect the BCCI to release the contracted players' list any time this month. It will be a much-awaited one as we could see a lot of players being excluded from the list and also some surprise inclusions.

Here in this slider, we take a look at the cricketers who could possibly miss out on a contract this year.

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#4 Parthiv Patel

Parthiv Patel made it to the C category list last year after he was called in to replace the injured Wriddhiman Saha

Parthiv Patel made it to the C category list last year after he was called in to replace the injured Wriddhiman Saha for the second test and the final one in India's tour of South Africa earlier this year.

He did not do much to justify his selection and was subsequently left out from the squad for the succeeding test matches. To his dismay, he got to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore only in the final few matches of their campaign this IPL season.

With neither age nor form on his side, Parthiv Patel might surely be left out of the BCCI contract list this year.

#3 Jayant Yadav

In the four matches he played for India, he took 11 wickets and also scored 228 runs at an average of 45.60

Jayant Yadav, the Indian bowling all-rounder was once proclaimed as India's 'next Ravichandran Ashwin in the making'. In the four matches he played for India, he took 11 wickets and also scored 228 runs at an average of 45.60.

Despite these scintillating performances, his father's demise and an injury blocked the way and he hasn't managed to recover fully from the lows of his life.

Ever since his injuries started plaguing him, his value has significantly dropped which has made him warm the benches in the IPL all-season long. So, we could probably see Jayant Yadav excluded from the list this time.

#2 Suresh Raina

England v India - 2nd Vitality International T20

Suresh Raina, the seasoned campaigner hasn't been able to seal his spot in the XI vastly due to his inconsistency and his weakness against short balls.

Despite getting ample chances in the playing XI at the expense of Dinesh Karthik in the recently concluded T20 and ODI series against England, he managed to score just 47 runs in three ODI matches.

The selectors have surely moved on from Suresh Raina as he has never really get rid of his inconsistency.

Time and again, he has failed to make an impact during his comeback. With time running out for World Cup, Raina has had more bad news to follow as he couldn't make the cut for Asia Cup and has also been dropped as Uttar Pradesh's captain for the domestic matches this year.

With nothing going right for Raina, we could surely see him get excluded from the list.

#1 Murali Vijay

Murali Vijay has had a torrid time at the crease this time in England

From being the highest run-scorer for India against England last time around to becoming the only player to be axed from the Indian side after the conclusion of first three tests, Murali Vijay has had a torrid time at the crease this time.

This tour has been a completely different story for Vijay as he has completely looked out of sorts and hasn't been able to capitalize on his batting strengths.

Vijay did not get off the mark in both the innings of the second test as he fell prey to James Anderson's swingers.

He had suffered a huge dip in his form and never managed to settle himself in the crease scoring mere 26 runs from four innings.

With age on the wrong side of the thirties and the emergence of Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal, we could surely see Vijay get omitted from the list.