BCCI Central Contracts- Full List Of Axed Indian Players And Downgraded Players List
Published - 21 Apr 2025, 12:16 PM | Updated - 21 Apr 2025, 12:22 PM
Table of Contents
The BCCI, on Monday (April 21), announced the list of centrally contracted players for the 2024-25 season. A total of 34 players have received central contracts, while seven of them have earned the contracts for the first time.
The highlight of the new additions is the inclusion of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. Both players had lost their central contracts last season after reportedly refusing to play domestic cricket. However, the BCCI has handed them the contracts for the ongoing season.
The players have been divided into four categories - A+, A, B, and C. Players in the top category earn INR 7 crore per season, while those with Grade A contracts get INR 5 crore. The players in the Grade B and C categories get INR 3 crore and INR 1 crore, respectively.
List Of Players Axed And Downgraded In BCCI Central Contracts List:
For the ongoing season, the BCCI has handed annual contracts to 34 players, 4 more than the number of players who were named in the annual retainership for the last season.
While the number of players in the top three categories - Grade A+, Grade A, and Grade B - remains the same, Grade C has 19 players compared to 15 in the previous list.
Grade A+:
Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah
The Grade A+ category remains the same. Just like the last contracts, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah have earned the highest contract once again. Even though Rohit, Kohli, and Jadeja have retired from T20Is, the BCCI has decided to keep them in the top bracket.
Grade A:
Md. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Md. Shami, Rishabh Pant
In the Grade A category, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya have retained their BCCI contracts.
The new addition is wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, while the omitted player is Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired from international cricket during the tour of Australia last season. Pant had a Grade B contract last season.
Grade B:
Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
In Grade B, Shreyas Iyer has made a return after missing out on the BCCI central contract last season. The right-handed batsman was not considered for contracts last year. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, and Yashasvi Jaiswal have retained their place in Grade B.
Grade C:
In Grade C, Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, and Rajat Patidar have retained their spots in the BCCI Central Contracts List.
The new additions to this list are - Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel, Abhishek Sharma, Harshit Rana.
The players who have failed to retain the Grade C central contract are Shardul Thakur, Jitesh Sharma, KS Bharat, and Avesh Khan.
Rinku Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakaravarthy, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Abhishek Sharma, Harshit Rana
About the Author
Mukesh Singh is an Author and Editor at Cricketaddictor. Mukesh has been associated with the organiz... Read more
