Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament is currently going on in Indian domestic cricket. After this, Vijay Hazare Trophy will be played from 24th December, in which Virat Kohli has agreed to play. Virat was last seen playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the 2009-2010 season. Now with Virat’s return in this domestic tournament after 15 years, the excitement among the fans is at its peak.

Let us tell you that Virat Kohli will play for Delhi team in Vijay Hazare Trophy. But do you know how much fee they will get per match for playing in this tournament? Here you will get the answer to this question.

How much will Virat Kohli charge?

The rules of Indian domestic cricket are clear. Here players get salary based on experience. If a player has experience of 20 or less List-A matches, then he gets a salary of Rs 40 thousand per match. Whereas a player having experience of 21-40 matches will get a salary of Rs 50 thousand for one match in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Whereas a player who has experience of 41 or more List-A matches, he gets Rs 60 thousand for playing each match. Since Virat Kohli has the experience of more than 300 List-A matches, Virat will get Rs 60 thousand per match if he plays for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

How many matches will Virat Kohli play?

Delhi has to play 7 matches in the league stage of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Will Virat Kohli represent Delhi team in all these matches. The answer is, no. According to media reports, Virat can play only 3 matches. He can play in the matches against Andhra on 24th December, Gujarat on 26th December and Railways on 6th January.

Delhi’s schedule in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Delhi has got a place in Group D in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. In Group D, it has Haryana, Gujarat, Saurashtra, Services, Odisha, Railways and Andhra Pradesh. Delhi has to play 7 matches in the league stage, after which the knockout matches will start from January 12.

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The Indian cricket team has been transformed within the last one year. The ODI captaincy has also gone from the hands of Rohit Sharma, who has retired from T20 and Tests. Shubman Gill has become the new captain of the Indian ODI team, so Gill will be seen commanding the Indian team in the ODI against Australia. Will Rohit Sharma be cut off from BCCI’s salary by snatching the captaincy? Here you will get the answer to this question.

All the players who come to the Central Contract List of BCCI are given salary according to the grade system. Players are divided into Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C. It does not matter whether the player is the captain or the vice -captain.

Rohit Sharma falls in grade A+ category, BCCI gives a salary of Rs 7 crore annually to the players coming in it. Even after the captaincy, Rohit will remain in the grade A+ category, so there will be no effect on the tank he received. Let us tell you that apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are the 3 cricketers who get a salary of Rs 7 crore a year.

Shubman Gill was placed in grade A in BCCI’s 2024-25 Central Contract List. BCCI gives a tank of Rs 5 crore to the new captain of the Indian ODI team, Shubman Gill. If you look at all classes, players with grade A+ get 7 crores annually, grade A players get 5 crores annually and grade B cricketers get 3 crore rupees a year. At the same time, cricketers coming in grade C get one crore rupees annually.

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Bcci Central Contract Salary List: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have retired from 2 Surma T20 and Test format of Indian cricket. He will now play only in ODIs and is being speculated that Virat and Rohit can continue to play till 2027 ODI World Cup. Since Rohit and Virat have now retired from two formats, have they reduced the salary from BCCI? Know here how much salary the BCCI is giving them right now.

The BCCI released the Central Contract list for the 2025-26 session in April this year. In it, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja were kept in grade A+. Players coming in this grade get a salary of Rs 7 crore annually. Remind that despite the T20 retirement, they were kept in grade A+, while in this grade those players are kept who are playing in all three formats.

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Shubman Gill was recently made the new captain of the Indian Test team. He was placed in grade A of Central Contract. BCCI gives a annual Rs 5 crore to the players under this grade. Other players who come to Grade A are Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami.

Talking about grade B, BCCI pays Rs 3 crore to the players involved in a year. This grade includes Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Akshar Patel. At the same time, many players including Rinku Singh and Shivam Dubey are included in Grade C. BCCI gives Rs 1 crore annually to the players coming in grade C.

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