Wow! Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and others may get whopping salary hike; increased amount to be Rs 12 crore annually?

India cricket team captain Virat Kohli and his predecessor MS Dhoni demanded a pay hike for the team. And, it was accepted by the Committee of Administrators (CoA). Kohli, along with Dhoni and Ravi Shastri met COA chief Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri in Delhi on November 30. However, on the proposed pay hike, the COA chief as of now has not revealed the remuneration plan but said that both Kohli and Dhoni were in agreement with the structure which is being worked out. The BCCI currently pays Rs 2 crore to Grade A players, Rs 1 crore to Grade B players and Rs 50 lakh to Grade C players. But in case the team's salary rises, Kohli and companies' remuneration could be hiked to Rs.12 crore per annum! Let's take a look at the current sum that the Indian cricket players secure (PTI)

As per the current contracts, top Indian players, including Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin, are paid Rs 2 crore per year, while the Grade B players get Rs 1crore, and Grade C, Rs 50 lakh a year, reported TOI. Cricketers with the Grade A contracts could be paid around Rs 12 crore a year, with the captain's salary even higher! (PTI)

Former Indian Cricket team captain, MS Dhoni who only plays for ODI and T20 formats is another Grade A player and is also supposed to get a hike in his salary. (PTI)

Among the batsmen, Rohit Sharma secured a sum of Rs 1.12 crore (Rs 1,12,55,167) as “share of gross revenue 2015-16 international tournament played in and outside India”. (PTI)

According to media reports, Hardik Pandya was Grade C player as of March 2017 data. But now the all-rounder is expected to climb the ladder, thanks to his amazing performance this year. (PTI)

Ajinkya Rahane received Rs 1.10 crore while R Ashwin received Rs 1.01 crore (share of gross revenue 2015-16 International Tournament played in outside India) (Reuters)

Among the bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar features on the list with a sum of Rs 67,99,997 (share of gross revenue 2015-16 International Tournament played in outside India) (PTI)

While Umesh Yadav bags Rs 83,63,214 (share of gross revenue 2015-16 International Tournament played in outside India) (IE)

Other players featuring in the list are Manish Pandey who received Rs 2970112 ((share of gross revenue 2015-16 International Tournament played in outside India) (AP)

Suresh Raina received Rs 3,282,757 – (share of gross revenue 2015-16 International Tournament played in outside India) (Reuters)

Amit Mishra is another name in the list who received Rs 4,220,689 – (share of gross revenue 2015-16 International Tournament played in outside India) (AP)