Published: Apr 21, 2025, 12:31 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 21, 2025, 12:31 PM (IST)
India’s Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli retained their place in the top category, while the out-of-favour duo of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan returned to the fold in lower brackets in the 34-player list which was released by BCCI on Monday.
The A+ grade, which commands an annual fee of INR 7 crore, also features Ravindra Jadeja and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah much like the last few years.
India’s Champions trophy hero Iyer has been the notable comeback in the list, inducted in group B which comes with an annual remuneration of INR 3 crore.
Iyer alongside Ishan Kishan were dropped from BCCI’s central contract list last year as the duo ignored domestic cricket. The latter has been picked in the C category, which is worth INR 1 crore annually.
Rishabh Pant, who was demoted to group B during the 2023-24 season as he didn’t play due to his recovery from a life-threatening accident, is back in A category in place of the retired Ravichandran Ashwin. Category A comes with a retainership of Rs five crore annually.
BCCI central contract list: A+ category: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja
A category: Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant
B category: Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer
C category: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana.
