India’s Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma and batting talisman Virat Kohli retained their place in the top category, while Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan’s out-of-fetch pair returned to the lower brackets on the 34-funeral list of the 34-confusing list of the centrally contracted players released by the BCCI on Monday. The A grade, which takes charge of the annual retainship fee of seven crore rupees, includes Ravindra Jadeja and Paes Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah like the last few years.
India’s champion Trophy Hero Iyer has been a remarkable comeback in the list, which is included in Group B which comes with an annual remuneration of Rs 3 crore.
Ier was dropped last season last season to ignore domestic cricket for IPL. Wicketkeeper-better Ishan Kishan. For this reason, he also returned to Category C, which costs one crore rupees annually.
Rishabh Pant, who was demoted in Group B during the 2023-24 season, was returned in a category in place of retired Ravichandran Ashwin. Category A comes with a retainy of five crore rupees annually.
Category C has maximum number of players, 19 in all, Harshit Rana with five new entry, Varun Chakraborty, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep, who had a fast bowling contract earlier.
The only notable name in the list is Mumbai’s all -rounder Shardul Thakur, who last played for India in the 2023 ODI World Cup game against Bangladesh in Pune.
Fast bowler Avesh Khan, Keeper-Betters Kona India and Jitesh Sharma have also been excluded from the list.
BCCI Central Contract List:
grade A : Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.
grade A: Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, MD. Shami, Rishabh Pant.
grade B: Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashsvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer.
Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasad Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurlel, Sarfaraj Khan, Nitish Kashan, Chakrawari, Harshit Rana.
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