The players that BCCI have zeroed in are Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma, who will play County cricket.

Pujara already has a three-year contract with Yorkshire and is set to play there again.
"Pujara's contract was a deal between him and the county and it's a long term deal," a senior BCCI official told PTI on Friday.