The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has set its central contracts for the 2025-26 season, featuring 30 players. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been moved down in ranking after retiring from T20Is and Test matches, now placed in Category B, having previously been in Category A+.
The Indian Cricket Board has eliminated the top category from the contracts. Previously, the Grade A+ contract was worth INR 7 crore per year, while Grade A players received INR 5 crore. Grades B and C received INR 3 crore and INR 1 crore, respectively.
According to a report from Dainik Jagran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah are in Grade A. Gill is the captain for India’s ODI and Test teams, while Jadeja and Bumrah play crucial roles.
In Grade B, we find India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, along with KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Both Kohli and Rohit are included in Grade B as well. Even though they are in good form, it is uncertain if they will participate in the 2027 ODI World Cup.
Players in Grade C include Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, and Rinku Singh.
Notably, Ishan Kishan is absent from the list, even though he is part of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad.
Additionally, Sarfaraz Khan, Rajat Patidar, and Mohammed Shami have not received contracts.
Annual contracts for men cricketers
Grade A: Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.
Grade B: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Siraj, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer.
Grade C: Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Sai Sudharsan, Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Annual contracts for women cricketers
Grade A: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma.
Grade B: Renuka Thakur, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana.
Grade C: Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Pratika Rawal, Kranti Gaur, Uma Chhetri, Arundhati Reddy, Sri Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Kashvi Gautam, G Kamalini, Vaishnavi Sharma, Tejal.
