Dhoni dropped from BCCI’s central contract list

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Thursday dropped from the BCCI's list of centrally contracted players, raising fresh doubts on the future of the former India captain who has not played since the World Cup semi-final loss to New Zealand last year.

The BCCI today announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Last year, Dhoni was in the A category, with a contract valued at Rs 5 crore.

Present skipper Virat Kohli, his deputy Rohit Sharma and top pacer Jasprit Bumrah were retained in the highest A+ bracket of Rs 7 crore.

Team India head coach Ravi Shastri had on January 10 revealed in an interview that Dhoni may ‘soon end his ODI career.’

Jasprit Bumrah meanwhile received BCCI's grade A+ central contract for 2019-20.