The Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced annual player contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the 2024-25 season (1 October, 2024 to 30 September, 2025). In notable changes, Shreyas Iyer and Ishaan Kishan have been assigned grade B and grade C contracts respectively after leaving without one last year. His absence from the central contracts created a lot of vibrations as he had chosen against playing the Ranji Trophy, a step that did not sit well with the Indian Cricket Board.
There has been no change in the A+ category, which continues by Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja. R Ashwin has not been assigned a contract since his retirement from Test cricket during his tour of Australia.
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India Test wicketkeeper-son Rishabh Pant has been hit from Grade B to four-level system, which features 34 players in the categories of Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and Grade C.
The contracts have also been handed over to Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakarwarthi and Harshit Rana.
Meanwhile, not appearing in the latest list: Shardul Thakur, Jitesh Sharma, KS Bharat, Avesh Khan.
BCCI Central Contract 2024-25
Grade A+: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja
Grade A: R Ashwin, Mohammed. Shami, Mohammed. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya
Grade B: Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Exer Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gakewad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS India, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Khan
Promoted
Rishabh Pant (from Grade B to Grade A)
Shres Iyer (no contract of Grade B)
Cereet Kishan (No contract of Grade C)
Sarfaraz Khan (No contract of Grade C)
Nitish Kumar Reddy (no contract of Grade C)
Abhishek Sharma (No contract of Grade C)
Sky deep (no contract of grade C)
Varun Chakarwarthi (No contract of Grade C)
Harshit Rana (No contract of Grade C)
Demoted:
Shardul Thakur (from Grade C to No Contract)
Jitesh Sharma (from Grade C to No contract)
KS India (from Grade C to contract)
Avesh Khan (no contract with Grade C)
