Mohd Shami's contract has been withheld after domestic violence allegations

The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators' (CoA) decision to announce the revised central contracts for India men's and women's (international and domestic) cricketers yesterday has not gone down well with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials. The CoA declared the new contracts (October 2017 to September 2018) for players and also introduced a new A-plus category, which was first reported by mid-day in its January 4 edition. While the cricketers in the A-plus grade will get R7 crore, Grade A, B and C will earn Rs5cr, R3cr and Rs1cr respectively.