The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year
Mayank Agarwal has also attained a career-best 25th position after his first innings double-century lifted him 38 places.
Ravichandran Ashwin provided the breakthroughs by getting through the defences of Markram with a classical off-break that turned sharply
Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson replaced Dhawan in the T20 Internationals while comeback-man Prithvi Shaw got his maiden selection call-up in the ODI squad in place of the senior opener
Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played the most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory
Rishabh Pant struck his maiden half-century to silence his critics as India shrug off a poor start to post a 287 for eight.
India have also announced their 16-man squad for the series which gets underway at Eden Park on January 24.
With Hardik Pandya in the squad as batting all-rounder, MI were locked in an intense battle with CSK for Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, and they finally bagged him for Rs 8 crore
Opener Rohit Sharma (119) hit a confident century while skipper Virat Kohli made clinical 89 to take India to a comfortable victory. India also clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1
Indian team management would like to go with the same playing 11. However, Rohit Sharma's injury may force them to make changes in India playing 11
Kohli said that Rohit had dislocated his left shoulder but there is no indication of it being a long-term injury.
According to Smith, the key to India's victory was their partnerships in the middle.
The team management is keeping a close eye on the duo and will take a call on their availability before the series decider at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
India got their batting combination right for the second ODI, a fair comment considering the way K L Rahul seized the opportunity in his new batting position number five
Put into bat, India put up a much-improved batting performance with Rahul's blistering 52-ball-80 taking India to 340 for 6 after Dhawan (96 off 90 balls) and Kohli (78 off 76 balls) laid foundation
K L Rahul, who took the gloves in Pant's absence during Australia innings, is likely to retain his place, but as wicket keeper in India playing 11
India will go the second ODI 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.
England's World Cup-winning all-rounder Stokes got the biggest prize -- the 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy' for Player of the Year
India made some unusual changes in their batting line-up with Virat Kohli pushing himself down to number four to accommodate specialist openers Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 91) and K L Rahul (47 off 61) in
An inexperienced Sri Lanka was no match for India in Indore and considering that, a case could be made for the inclusion of Pandey and Samson