Rohit and Kohli Maintain Top BCCI Annual Contract as Iyer and Kishan Make a Comeback
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Synopsis
On April 21, BCCI confirmed that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retained their A+ category contracts for the 2024-25 season. The announcement also includes the return of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, alongside notable changes in player categories.
Key Takeaways
- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retain A+ contracts.
- Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan rejoin contract list.
- Rishabh Pant replaces retired Ashwin in A category.
- 34 players awarded contracts for 2024-25 season.
- New players added in Grade C contracts.
Mumbai, April 21 (NationPress) The prominent figures of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, have successfully retained their A+ category contracts, even after stepping away from the T20I format. This announcement comes as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the annual player retainership for the men's team for the 2024-25 season on Monday.
The elite BCCI contract provides an annual remuneration of Rs 7 crore in addition to match fees and incentives. The senior players Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, who have also retired from T20Is, continue to hold their A+ category contracts.
In a significant update, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan have re-entered the contract roster, with Iyer securing a B category contract while Kishan is placed in the C category.
Both players were omitted last year due to their lack of participation in domestic matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin, who has retired from international cricket, is replaced by Rishabh Pant in the A category, while the other five players in this category remain unchanged. Pant was previously listed in the B category for last season’s contracts.
The newly included players in the central contracts list, all categorized under Grade C, are Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel, Abhishek Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep, Varun Chakravarthy, and Harshit Rana.
Players such as Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, KS Bharath, and Avesh Khan, previously in C category, have been completely excluded from the contract list this season.
A total of 34 players have been awarded annual retainership for the 2024-25 season, covering the timeframe from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
Grade A+: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja.
Grade A: Md. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Md. Shami, Rishabh Pant.
Grade B: Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer.
Grade C: Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Akash Deep, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana.
