The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced the Annual Player Contracts for the Indian team for the 2024-25 season (October 1st, 2024 to September 30th, 2025). (More Cricket News)
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah are the four players in the A+ category which is the top category and the most financially lucrative. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, who had been snubbed from central contracts for last season, have returned to the fold.
Rishabh Pant is the only player who has been promoted. He was in the B category last season and has now taken an A slot.
Apart from Iyer and Kishan, Dhruv Jurel, Sarafraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy and Harshit Rana are also the new additions in the contract list.
R Ashwin's retirement means the legendary off-spinner has not been included. Shardul Thakur, Jitesh Sharma, KS Bharath and Avesh Khan are the four other names who have been released.
BCCI Player Contracts 2024-25
Grade A+
4 Players: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja;
Grade A
6 Players: Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya;
Grade B
5 Players: Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, and Yashasvi Jaiswal;
Grade C
19 Players: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarafraz Khan, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Harshit Rana.
India Cricket Schedule 2025
After the IPL 2025, Indian players travel to England to play a five-Test series. In August, India play a white-ball series in Bangladesh before hosting West Indies for two Tests. A white-ball tour to Australia is then scheduled for October-November before hosting South Africa for an all-format series towards the end of the year.
